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2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EAST5275M Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2

30 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Adcharawan Seeger
Email: a.seeger@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Pre-requisite qualifications

Upper intermediate level of Thai, equivalent to a pass in EAST5274

Pre-requisites

EAST5274MIntermediate Thai Language and Culture 1

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module will be delivered principally in Thai. Students will read and discuss Thai newspaper and magazine articles, and watch Thai-language documentary programmes. It will also involve extensive conversation, comprehension and composition exercises.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Communicate fluently and effectively, both orally and in written form, in the Thai language;
- Read Thai language newspapers, book, documents and other written materials;
- Engage in conversations and discussions, in Thai, on a variety of topics;
- Demonstrate consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures of the Thai language;
- Demonstrate complex receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts;
- Demonstrate a detailed and insightful awareness and understanding of Thai social, cultural, political and developmental situations,
commensurate with the experience of having lived in Thailand during the year abroad and having further studied the Thai context during the
3rd year;
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of one or more cultures and societies, other than their own, that will normally have been
significantly enhanced by a period of residence in Thailand;
- Effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of spoken and written forms;
- Draw clear and close connections between linguistic competence and insightful understanding of the Thai and South East Asian
contemporary contexts.

Learning outcomes
To write Thai fluently and accurately in all language tasks and, in translation between English and Thai, to use both languages accurately, with correct spelling and grammar.


Syllabus

The module will be delivered principally in Thai. It will involve reading and discussing Thai newspaper and magazine articles, and observing Thai-language documentary programmes. It will also involve extensive conversation, comprehension and composition exercises.
The vocabulary of most classes will focus on Thai politics and development. Students will advance their skills in translation from and into Thai that were developed in Semester 1.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Practical551.0055.00
Private study hours245.00
Total Contact hours55.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)300.00

Private study

- Preparation for and review of classes, including written assignments: 220 hours;
- - Examination preparation: 25 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Oral presentations, Participation in class;
- Monthly in-class aural tests;
- Regular weekly written assignments.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
In-course AssessmentHomework and Classroom Participation10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)10.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Practical Exam / OSCE0 hr 25 mins25.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S2)2 hr 00 mins40.00
Practical Exam / OSCE2 hr 00 mins25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)90.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/04/2018

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