Thai Basic Course Volume 1 audio
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Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 3:04am
Topic: Thai Basic Course Volume 1 audio
Posted By: mogscout
Subject: Thai Basic Course Volume 1 audio
Date Posted: 16 January 2007 at 6:24am
I just complete digitizing all of the audio for Thai basic course volume 1. Right now I am just in the process of splicing the audio into units and sections to match the student text's organization. I should finish it either tonight or tomorrow. Would someone please let me know how I can post it on the website? and how to get my name on the list of contributors =) BTW... I love this website! I love what y'all are doing. ~J Nifai
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Posted By: Chung
Date Posted: 16 January 2007 at 7:30am
Send a message to gdfellows.
Is your Thai audio from the government? Or did it come from a private reseller? (e.g. Audio Forum, Multilingual Books, foreignserviceinstitute.com etc.)
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Posted By: Troy
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 2:02am
Hi Mogscout. I am very excited about the Audio for Thai basic 1. How many Thai volumes are there in the FSI series? Do you have the others?
Again, very much looking forward to hearing the audio!!
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Posted By: mogscout
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 3:16am
I have FSI Thai Basic Course volume 1's audio only. There are 3 in the series. If you are really serious about learning to speak, read, and write Thai, I would highly recommend that you buy Dunwoody Press's modified DLI Thai course that is available only with all 3 volumes combined. It's far superior to the FSI and DLI publications because all three volumes are written in Thai script (and romanization where needed) instead of romanization and because the accompanying cassettes contain far more natural pronunciation.
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Posted By: Troy
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 5:11am
Thank you, Mogscout. Yes, I would much prefer the course with the Thai script. I obttained my Gade 6 equivalency certificate from the Thai Ministry of Education a couple of years ago and am now looking to do a "start from scratch" review of my Thai language. I think that the FSI/Dunwoody couse would certainly be useful for this.
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Posted By: onebir
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 6:04am
Troy - some people on another forum may do a transcript, perhaps using wikibooks to allow easier cooperation. See: http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12426&page=2 - http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12426&page=2 It sounds like you could help with this project.
Mogscout - it'd be great if you could clarify whether your audio is original FSI/NTIS sourced (& therefore postable on this site)
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Posted By: emptysilo
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 7:15pm
I would seriously not recommend Dunwoody Press or their Thai/Cambodian/Vietnamese material. I ordered some stuff from them (Thai) and they sent me a wrong volume (cover correct, inside not) and wouldn't take it back.
Also, the Thai stuff they have only has audio for the dialogs. No exercises or drills. I would say get the AUA Thai Course, which has both the script and the trans on opposing pages. Most of it is drills. The material is 60-70's I think so some of the stuff might be out of date but it is worth a lot more than Dunwoody's "De"modification.
You can find the audio at Cornell's website (cass/cd) at lrc.cornell.edu. They have a bunch of other good language material. Another warning though, check the tapes to make sure they recorded something or the right side. Also, the Chinese material is very short. About 2-5 minutes a side. Not worth it.
If you want an example of the Dunwoody material, message me, I will email you a whole clip.
ES.
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Posted By: mogscout
Date Posted: 19 January 2007 at 11:16pm
As emptysolo says, it is true that the Dunwoody course audio contains only the dialogs, no drills. That's why all 3 volumes of Thai come with only 8 audio cassettes. I have had very good experience with Dunwoody... I've bought all of their Shan material and some of their Lanna and Kazakh material. Also, it is worth noting that Dunwoody has a new president and when I spoke with him he made sound it as though the previous management was very disorganized and he was making a lot of changes. He kindly sent me sample texts from all 3 volumes of Thai intensive Basic Course, and audio of dialogs 1 through 18. Oh, and I do like the AUA Thai course very much... I don't have the audio, however.
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Posted By: emptysilo
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 9:55pm
That is good news. Maybe they are getting their act together.
Regardless, their basic material is not good for beginnings. I would personally recommend other material first.
ES.
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Posted By: Troy
Date Posted: 21 January 2007 at 9:25pm
Mogscout, I tried to contact Dunwoody but did not receive a response. I would be very interested in seeing the sample Thai material that was sent to you.
Onebir - I would be very happy to assist with this project.
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Posted By: onebir
Date Posted: 22 January 2007 at 1:49am
Troy - probably the best thing to do would be post in the thread on www.thailandqa.com/forum to get in contact with the other people interested in transcribing the course &/ discuss how to set it up as a wikibook (or some other means of collaboration).
It might also be worth posting to the languages bit of http://www.thaivisa.com/forum which is also reasonably lively.
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Posted By: fbsmith3
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 2:01pm
Hello group, I'm new but I have been reviewing posts. I have started using the Pimsleur Thai 30 lesson course it was very expensive.
I am also looking for an audio course with transcripts in Thai script. I wanted something to hand to my Thai wife so she can test how I'm doing. I think thats the best way.
So I'm interested in a Thai script transcrit course.
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Posted By: brian00321
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 7:52am
DLI Thai. You can find it at http://www.dunwoodypress.com/products/-/108. I'm pretty sure it has a thai script.
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Posted By: tbabb
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 1:11pm
This thread may be out of date, but ill ask anyways. Where does one buy the AUA thai book. I live in Bangkok, so could I just walk into AUA Ratchadamri and ask for it? Will they sell it at the school?
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Posted By: emptysilo
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 11:22am
DLI Thai from Dunwoody is inferior to the course on this website. They do use the script after 10 lessons, but the audio only covers the dialog and do not have an exercises. Plus, Dunwoody is a pretty bad company to order material from, as I mentioned in a previous post.
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