Khian Thai

Author: Titima Suthiwan
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9971693208
Category : Tai languages
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Khian Thai: Thai Writing Workbook is specially prepared for elementary Thai language classes where the language is initially taught with the use of phonetic symbols. A step-by-step guide to writing Thai, it is based on a thorough linguistic analysis and on tested methodological principles. After completing the book, students should have a firm foundation of the Thai writing system. This workbook was built on a proto-type edition that was used at the National University of Singapore's Thai programme, the world's largest programme of Thai as a foreign languages.

Aan Thai

Author: Titima Suthiwan
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971694494
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Designed to accompany the author's Khian Thai: Thai Writing Workbook, this basic Thai reading textbook provides simple texts along with exercises in vocabulary, syntax, reading and writing for students learning the language at the elementary level. It prepares students for higher level study of the Thai reading and writing system.

The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature

Author: David Smyth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136816127
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
The literary canon is one of the most lively areas of debate in contemporary literary studies. This set of essays is both timely and original in its focus on the canon in South-East Asian literatures, covering Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. They vary in focus, from the broad panoramic survey of trends in a national literature to very specific discussions of the role of individuals in shaping a canon or the place of a particular text within a tradition, and from contemporary to traditional literature. They include discussions of the development of prose fiction, censorship and artistic freedom, the role of westerners in codifying indigenous literatures, the writing of literary history, the development of literary criticism and indigenous aesthetics.

A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course

Author: J. Marvin Brown
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501721089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
The set includes extensive grammar, dialogues, and conversations, as well as tone distinction, manipulation, and identification.

The Canon in Southeast Asian Literatures

Author: David Smyth
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780700710904
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Contributions examine the idea of the literary canon in Southeast Asia as a list of famous authors and works which have stood the test of time and reflect a country's cultural unity.

Disturbing Conventions

Author: Rachel V Harrison
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1783480157
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
Disturbing Conventions draws the study of Thai literature out of the relative isolation that has to date impeded its participation in the wider field of comparative and world literature. Predominantly penned by Thai academics, the collection decentres Thai literary studies in order to move beyond the traditionalist, conservative concerns of the academy which have, until relatively recently, foreclosed the use of “Western” theory in the study of Thai literature. The book introduces new frames of analysis to the study of Thai literature to bring it into dialogue with debates in wider fields and the world beyond its national borders. As a result, Disturbing Conventions offers an essential contribution to the comparative study of world literature and Asian cultural studies.

Easy Thai

Author: Jintana Rattanakhemakorn
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462915264
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Learn the basics of Thai quickly and easily! Easy Thai is exciting and helpful for beginning Thai Language students and anyone who needs a functional day-to-day grasp of colloquial Thai. An excellent resource to learn Thai, its twelve chapters cover practical and useful conversation topics such as introductions, telling the time, directions, ordering food and shopping. Each chapter opens with a dialogue that introduces the new language in context and contains: Vocabulary lists Grammar notes Sentence patterns Exercises Notes on culture and etiquette. All dialogues, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns are rendered in Thai script, romanized Thai, and English. In the comprehensive, concise introduction to Easy Thai, you will understand how to pronounce, read and write the Thai language. A bilingual dictionary at the end of the book gives translations for approximately 1,000 common words in both Thai and English. Downloadable audio provides sample conversations by native Thai speakers, helping you to practice authentic pronunciation. Easy Thai contains everything you as a beginning language learner need to know about the basics of Thai, making you a more effective communicator from the very first lesson without having to resort to long, dull, expensive courses of study!

Khosana

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Publisher:
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Category : Southeast Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description

I am an Artist (He Said)

Author: Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
ISBN: 9811895775
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
“To be an artist is … just like shit in a clogged toilet, stubborn shit that can’t decide whether it wants to be flushed or to stick around” writes acclaimed artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. Composed as an irreverent dialogue between masculine and feminine narrators, this book of essays is an uncategorisable fusion of art criticism, feminist theory, art pedagogy, gossip and autofiction. It is also an invaluable insider account of Southeast Asia’s contemporary artists being catapulted into international circuits since the 1990s. Araya’s provocative prose is lyrically translated from Thai for the first time by Kong Rithdee, one of Thailand’s most influential cultural critics.

Thai South and Malay North

Author: Michael John Montesano
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971694111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
The portion of the Malay Peninsula where the Thai Buddhist civilization of Thailand gives way to the Malay Muslim civilization of Malaysia is characterized by multiple forms of pluralism. This book examines a broad range of issues relating to the turmoil afflicting the region.