Thai Book

Comprehensive Thai includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary — 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions — plus an introduction to reading.

Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:

• initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations,

• deal with every day situations — ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,

• communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations,

• avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,

• satisfy personal needs and limited social demands,

• establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries,

• begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.