Advanced Study of Thai
Applications Due: February 01, 2010
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Week/ Lesson |
Topic |
Function |
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1/1 |
Family and relatives | Describe self, personal background |
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1/2 |
Meeting people in Thailand | Describe self, personal background |
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2/3 |
Marriage rites & ceremonies Personal background | Experiential activity: Interview someone about his or her marriage and reaction to it. |
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2/4 |
Life in the village and city | Comparisons and contracts |
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3/5 |
Levels of language usage, Register shifts | Experiential activity: A trip to the night market for conversation with people and merchants from a variety of different social groups. |
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3/6 |
Exercise, rest, hobbies | extended descriptions |
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4/7 |
Beliefs in fortune telling, | Description, abstract topics omens, ghosts, spirits |
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4/8 |
Religion, death, funerals, discussing abstract topics | Experiential activity: A visit to a Buddhist temple for conversation with the monks,discussing Buddhism and their role in the temple |
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5/9 |
Education | giving opinions, discussing abstract topics |
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5/10 |
Occupations | Discussing work, completing applications, evaluating applications |
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6/11 |
The environment | Giving opinions, supporting and opposing, opinions, debating, abstract topics |
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6/12 |
Human rights, social inequities,expressing and supporting opinions | Experiential activity: A weekend field trip in northern Thailand to observe the changes in environment and village life, including a visit to a center or the conservation and preservation of forest elephants. Sites of historic importance will also be visited in order to provide contexts for discussions on culture, religion, the environment, and social issues. |
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7/13 |
Politics and goverment, hypothesizing, supporting opinions | Experiential activity: Discipline-specific site visit(s), i.e., studying the broader social impact of the current economic crisis. |
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7/14 |
Organizing research topic | Eliciting opinions, setting background, abstract and formal discussion |
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7/15 |
Preparing research abstract topics | Formal prose structures (oral and written) |
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8/16 |
Presenting research orally | Strategies in public speaking and in writing (Introducing the topic, citing evidence, presenting examples, comparing and contrasting, illustrating points, expressing opinions, making suggestions, emphasizing, supplementing, summarizing, etc.) |
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8/17 |
Locating an audience | Publicity, formal discourse |
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8/18 |
Evaluation discourse | Soliciting, evaluating and reporting, on reactions, formal strategies |
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| Southeast Asia Center | |
| University of Washington | |
| 303 Thomson Hall | |
| Box 353650 | |
| Seattle, WA 98195 | |
| (206) 543-9606 tel | |
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| Laurie Sears, Director |
| Rick Bonus, Director of Graduate Studies |
| Sara Van Fleet, Associate Director |
| Tikka Sears, Outreach Coordinator |
| Marjorie McKinley, Program Coordinator |
| McKay Caruthers, Graduate Student Assistant |