THAI 1110 - Elementary Thai I

• Students will be able to articulate insights about their own cultural rules and biases.
• Students will be able to define the Thai ideology as well as other important Thai values that influence communication styles.
• Students will be able to identify social, political, economic and cultural structures in Thailand, as well as compare these to their own countries.
• Students will be able to explain how Thai language and culture are intertwined and provide some examples in which cultural and social beliefs affect language form.
• Students will be able to detect and use verbal and nonverbal clues to perform their tasks successfully and appropriately.
• Students will be able to develop empathy, withhold their judgement and initiate social interaction with culturally different others.
• Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of some basic knowledge of spoken Thai and the ability to use Thai in everyday situations effectively and appropriately in various topics ranging from greeting people, talking about themselves and f
• Students will be able to understand key elements of Thai writing system and demonstrate how write simple words in Thai in different scenarios.