Thai Language and Culture for Beginners

Thai Language and Culture for Beginners aims to provide a basic foundation in conversational Standard Thai for beginning learners. It focuses on developing the learners' listening and speaking skills. Designed primarily for use in Thai as a Foreign Language classes at U.S. universities, this coursebook uses a proficiency-based approach to learning Thai and covers the daily real-life topics and situations that a student might encounter.

Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong is associate professor of Thai and coordinator of the Thai Language Program, University of Hawai’i.