Spring Semester 2008

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Spring Week 1: Introductions and Review

Monday

Introductions.Give students Thai names. Practice writing them. Practice asking each other what their Thai name is.   Talk about "nick names" and the culture of naming. If time permits, take a brief look at "Meeting People" dialog, Unit 3 of Spoken Thai, to be used on Thursday and next week.   ../spokenthai/unit3/unit3mainpage.htm

Thai nickname websites : http://www.learningthai.com/dictionary/vocab_thnicknames.html
                                          http://www.apmforum.com/columns/thai22.htm

REVIEW NUMBERS:
../spokenthai/unit1/wordlist/fnumber.htm
../spokenthai/unit1/wordlist/mnumber.htm
../spokenthai/unit1/pictures/testnum.htm

วันนี้วันที่เท่าไหร่
วันนี้วันที่          
เมื่อวานนี้วันที่             
พรุ่งนี้วันที่            
แนะนำ (ตัวเอง) =  Introduce (yourself)
สวัสดีปีใหม่ = Happy New Year!

Tuesday
    Review Maanii Lessons 1-10. ../maanii1/Text/Default.htm
    Students take turns reading aloud to the class.  Stop to ask questions after each story. 

Wednesday
    Review Spoken Thai Units I & II  Redo the Review/Test   from SEAsite.    
    ../spokenthai/unit1/default.htm
   ../spokenthai/unit2/default.htm
  

Thursday
      Review the consonants and vowels and the ToneChart. Introduce Spoken Thai  Unit III (new).
      Practice a short conversation at McDonald. https://seasite.niu.edu/thai/FLTH/McDonaldConversation.htm
      Homework:  Study Spoken Thai Unit III on SEAsite.   
      https://seasite.niu.edu/thai/spokefnthai/unit3/unit3mainpage.htm
      Memorize vocabulary and Conversation 1. 

Friday
       Activity: NALIKA SONG

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Spring Week 2
 

Week 2 will focus on Maanii Lesson 11: ../maanii1/lesson11/storyUni.htm
Introducing the main verb ให้   “to give.”   The other 2 uses of  ให้  will appear in later lessons.

ให้           main  v.    1.  to give 
                                 2.   to make, have, let someone do something (precedes "doer doing")
                                 3.   for someone (post-verb)

There will be a quiz on Friday.  See below.  Note homework assignments.

Monday

• Collect homework; Review; Warm Up
   

• TBA: Culture Capsule
   

• Whole Class: Listen to the story.  Click here to listen to the whole story! (3 repeats)
  Task:  Identify the words that are repeated and/or familiar when you hear them.
   

Classroom Activities

·         Tone drill: 
To "ride" v.s "shit"
ride a horse ขี่ ม้า  (verb + noun)                horse shit ขี้ ม้า (noun +noun/modifier)
Listening practice for all "Six Cows":  Rice, White, News (long aaw) vs. Knee, Enter, He/She/They (short aw)
 
                                  ข้าว ขาว ข่าว         เข่า เข้า เขา
 

• Say and Write (turn in as homework)
  
  1.  White Rice
  
  2. Her knees
  
  3. He enters
  
  4. Good News; Bad News
  
  5.  They ask for Black Rice.
   

• Pantomime/Kinesics
  Point to your left knee with your right hand; point to your right knee with your left hand, etc.
   

• More tone practice and pantomime: Practice listening to the tone contrast between the two "waen" in the following syllables outlined in yellow.
  แว่นตา แหวน
   

• More Pantomime: Take off/ put on your glasses; ring; Put on your glasses; put your ring on your right/left hand.
   

• Continue with:
  Put on/Take off your gloves; hat.  Take off your left/right glove. Put on your left/right glove.
   

• Q&A.  Look around the room and ask and answer the following questions using the vocabulary you know:  eyeglasses, ring, hat, gloves.  Look up some new items in the online dictionary to add to the list, e.g.  ear ring; coat.
   In this room who is wearing….
  ในห้องเรียนมีกี่คนที่ใส่....
  
  What do I have in my (right/left) hand?
  ผมมีอะไรในมือ
  
  Additional Vocabulary:
  ปากกา    pen
  กระดาษ  paper
  ดินสอ     pencil
  แว่นตา   eyeglasses
  แหวน    ring
  หมวก    hat
  ถุงมือ    gloves
  ถอด      take off
  สวม       put on
  ที่          that, which

Tuesday

• Review the vocabulary and structures introduced on Monday.
   

• Classroom Activties practicing the verb “to give”
  
       Context:  Two people giving objects to each other, e.g. ring, hat, gloves, paper, book, pencil
   

• Pantomime:
  
  A gives B an object.
  
  Tell A to give B an object

Note the strict grammatical order:  Giver Gives Object (to) Recipient: e.g.,Grant gives Pooh a pencil.

• Q&A.
  
  1.  Who gave Pooh a pencil?
  
  2.  To whom did Grant give a pencil? (Grant gave the pencil to whom?)
  
  3.  What did Grant give Pooh? (Grant gave what to Pooh?)
  
  4.  Who gave the pencil?
  
  5.  Who gave what to whom?
  
  Continue with the Pantomime and Q&A.
  
  Student A  gives student B something.  Class repeats the Q&A 1-5 above using the new objects, e.g. paper, book, ring.
  
  Student A tells/oders student B to give an object to student C.
  
   

• Wrap-up:  Students will write Q&A on the whiteboard;  class reads and translates

Wednesday

• Review items and structures from Monday and Tuesday.
   

• New: How to use words.
  
  เวลา                conj. when
                          n.      time
   

    Examples:

    Piti bends his knees when he rides the horse.

   1. When I eat, I go to McDonalds.

   2. What time is it?

   3. It’s time to eat./Eating time.

         Action: Students make up examples of their own.
 

        ว่า                        v.       1. to say
                               conj.   2. that (following a verb)
                                         3. quote "..."

  Examples:

 1.  What did she ?

 2.  What is your name?

 3.  Who gave you your name?

4.  What name did they give you?

5.  Who gave Jaw Kae his name?

      Action:  Students make up examples of their own.

• Homework:  Write up 5 questions based on Maanii 11.

 

Thursday

• Choral Reading and Review of Maanii 11.
   

• Action:  Students go to blackboard and write questions from their homework.. Class reads and translates.
   

• Sample QUIZ questions, created by previous classes:
  
  

  Questions	Answers
  ปิติขี่ไก่ใช่ไหม	ไม่ใช่ปิติขี่ม้า
  เจ้าแก่มีนาฬิกาไหม	(ม้าชื่อ) เจ้าแก่ไม่มีนาฬิกา
  ใครขี่ม้า	ปิติขี่ม้า
  มานีหรือปิติขี่ม้า	ปิติขี่ม้า
  มานีดื่มกาแฟใช่ไหม	(มานีเป็นเด็ก) มานีไม่ดื่มกาแฟ
  มีกี่คนในห้องเรียน	มี (สิบ) คนในห้องเรียน

Friday

• Quiz:  Format will be Q&A following the pattern from Thursday.

• Homework/Labwork:  Maanii 12; and Spoken Thai Unit III: Conversation 1.Write out Maanii 12 three times.   

Spring Week 3

Week 3 will focus on Maanii Lesson 12 ../maanii1/lesson12/story.htm
and Spoken Thai Unit III, Conversation I
../spokenthai/unit3/unit3mainpage.htm
 

In Maanii 12,  the second meaning and grammatical function of ให้ is used.
In grammatical terms, this is called the “Causative”
  ให้  + somone doing something = to cause, have, make or let someone do something. e.g., ให้ไป   = to have, make or let someone go.                                                           

ไม่ให้ไป   =  not allow/let someone go.

Looking Ahead:  You can practice using ให้ by clicking on
../maanii1/lesson15/dai/dai.htm

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Monday: 

Review of Friday Quiz:

TBA: Culture Capsule, if time permits, at the beginning or end of the hour.   
 

• Practice using Tone Chart
   
• Write the Tones (High, Mid, Low, Rising, Falling) of these words (work in small groups).
  นา, น่า, หนา, หน้า, น้า
  ปา, ป่า, ป้า, ป๋า

Tuesday:

• Thai wedding ceremony website http://www.thaiworldview.com/bouddha/wed1.htm
•  Maanii lesson 12 

 ../maanii1/lesson12/story.htm

Class Activity:  Choral reading in unison.  Stop to ask and answer questions and to discuss the meanings and use of new vocabulary.

Homework:  Write out 5 Q&A based on Maanii 12 to be used in the Friday Quiz

Wednesday:

• Spoken Thai Unit 3, Conversation 1

Group Activity: Practice speaking the conversation with your partner or classmates.  Then re-write the dialog by substituting other vocabulary, e.g. cold, hot, not fine (weather). Turn in your new dialog as homework.

•   Questions commonly asked when first meeting
   

The following is a list of some of the questions that are frequently asked by Thais when they first meet a foreigner.

Task:  Select at least 3 questions that you think you are prepared to answer.  Write down the 3 questions and provide an answer.

Questions commonly asked

Again, make sure you use polite particles for ALL of the above!

Thursday:

• Using Words

• Write out as homework:
  
  1.  He talks very fast.
  
  2. She walks very fast.
  
  3. They eat very fast.

• More homework
  
  4. Chujai came fast/early.
  
  5.  Piti came late.
  
  6.  Excuse me for coming late.  (See classroom expressions from last semester.)
  
  7.  Who came late today?
  
  8.  Who came early?
  
  9.  Who didn't come?
  
  10.  Don't come late!  Okay? 

• Beginning Vocabulary For Giving Directions:

Practice asking and answering questions for the Friday Quiz.

Interactive exercise, click here.

Friday:

·  Quiz:  Part A.  Students ask questions and give answers about Manii Lesson 12
          Part B.  The instructor will play sound  files from Lesson 13 from the web.  Write what you hear in Thai script and translate into English. 

Spring Week 4

Beware!  Here is where the pace picks up in this course---and the adage "In Language There Are Only Differences" comes into play in a big way.  Hie thee to the Language Lab!

Monday:
Culture Capsule:  New Year's celebration, Chinese New Year ( ตรุษจีน )

Maanii 4 ../maanii1/lesson13/story.htm

Group Activity:  Listen to the story being played by the instructor 3 times.  As you are listening, write down words that are repeated.  Write down any and all new words.

Important Memo:  Week 4 Thai grammar uses word order to achieve differences in function and meaning.  This is particularly true in the case of "hay"(rhymes with "Hi") and "day" (rhymes with "Die").

You have been introduced to to  "hay" already in Lesson 11.  Now you meet "day."  By moving these words around from main verb to pre- and post-verb, the meanings and time of the action changes.

The differences must be learned by repeated exercise from now until the end of the semester.  Start practicing now.  Click: ../maanii1/lesson15/dai/dai.htm

Labwork:  Practice listening to Manii 13 over and over and do all of the Structure and Practices to the point of mastery.  ../maanii1/lesson13/practice.htm
  &
../maanii1/lesson15/dai/dai.htm

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Word Usage:

ก่อน before, first, ahead of someone

     สอง วัน ก่อน  two days ago

        ก่อน จะไป  before going

        ไป ก่อน   go first, go ahead of me

Tuesday:

More Manii 13  Review and practice reading aloud.  Listen to speech files from Practice

Tone Contrasts. นา  น่า  น้า

Emphasizing uses of น่า

น่าไป an interesting place to go

น่ากิน good to eat, appetizing

น่ารัก cute

Task:  Q& A Practice writing and speaking using   in contrastive ways.  Write some more at home and turn in as homework, which will be the basis of the Friday quiz. 

Culture Capsule:

Watch video clips of Thailand's Annual Banquet For The Monkeys and Working Monkey in Thailand
Another video clip of Banquet for monkeys www.nbc5i.com/news/10406346/detail.html

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Review  Manii 13

Word Usage:

extend the use of น่า to น่าสนใจ interesting

uses of conjunctions และ and กับ

Many times they are interchangeable, but when you want to express going with someone or accompanying someone, you use กับ

Example:  เขาไปกับใคร

The following example (using vocabulary from Manii 13)  recites the story of Jack and Jill:

แจ๊กกับจิลล์ = Jack and Jill

ไปขึ้นภูเขา = climbed up the mountain

ไปเอาน้ำด้วยกัน = to look for water together

Question: ใครไป?   Answer: แจ๊กกับจิลล์

Practice for Friday Quiz:  Go to the board and write Q&A using   น่า   and   ได้

Friday:

Quiz based on Maanii 13 and word usage, in particular, Q&A with  น่า   and   ได้

Spring Week 5

https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson14/storyUni.htm

Monday:

• Manii Lesson 14, practice reading and translation

Homework : Make up 5 questions&Answers base on Manii lesson 14

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

• Special guest show handwriting in Thai language
• Review translation on Manii Lesson 14

Friday:

University Closed (no quiz)

Spring Week 6

University Closed
 

Spring Week 7

Monday:

    Group therapy-- about the 2-14 incident.

Tuesday: 

•     Banana : practice reading "Missing Banana" poem and make up questions from poem             https://seasite.niu.edu/thai/literature/poetry/banana.htm

•     translation Missing Banana poem, try to figure out 'Who stole bananas?' https://seasite.niu.edu/thai/literature/poetry/banana(eng).htm

•     Talk about 'Thai Banana' on "Missing Banana" poem page you can click on 'More about bananas' link

•     Try Thai dessert made from banana : Check this out !!!

Homework : Make a list of vocabulary that students know from the poem

Wednesday:

• Answer the question "Who stole banana?"

• Write a list of vocabulary on whiteboard and do question and answer activity.

• Listen and practice Day of the week

https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/QuickThai/calendartime.htm

• practice asking and answering question

        วันนี้ วันอะไร
        เมื่อวาน วันอะไร
        พรุ่งนี้ วันอะไร

        เกิดวันอะไร
        เกิดวันที่เท่าไหร่

Homework: Make table of Day and period of time for tomorrow activity.

Thursday: 

• Review Day of the week.

• Review " ให้ " " ได้ " https://seasite.niu.edu/thai/maanii1/lesson15/dai/dai.htm

• Practice make up question from 'Missing Banana' poem.

Homework : Transform sentences or phrases to negative by using ' ไม่ '

Friday:

Quiz based on Manii 14 and "ให้" "ได้"

Homework:  Write out Maanii 15 three times and turn in on Monday

Spring Week 8

https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson15/storyUni.htm  for homework, lab work and in-class activity.
 

Monday:  

• Practice Reading Manii Lesson 15

• Translation the story

Cultural Capsule How to feed baby in Thailand?

Listen to the story several times.  Jot down the words that sound similar but have a different tone.
Drill all words that you have learned up to this point that are tonal contrasts.
Write them down and use them in sentences.
 

Homework:  

• Make up 5 questions and answers based on Manii Lesson 15.

• Watch banana video and list the words that are familiar.

Tuesday:
Practice: 

• Practice lesson 15 exercises in class and at home/lab. Do the interactive exercises:  Comprehension & Dictation.
• Practice ได้ ให้ : https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson15/dai/daiUni.htm
• Days of the week and vocabulary which has different tone.

Wednesday: 

• Practice more conversation on 'Going to store' by listing some stuff that students want to buy and then have them to take turn to ask and answer.

Thursday: Culture capsule: Talk about the history of the Thai language and Buddhism in Thailand.

Friday:
Quiz items will be provided based on Manii 11- Manii 16.

Spring Week 9

Spring Break

Welcome Back!

This second half of the semester will cover Maanii Lessons 19-24 and Spoken Thai Units 4 & 5.  Look them over now to get an overview so that you can plan your schedule and learning strategies and avoid a spring/end of semester meltdown.  There will be a heavy emphasis on family, both in Maanii and Spoken Thai.  Think ahead to talking about your family in class and during the final oral interview.  Eventually, we will bring in pictures of your family members, which can include your pets, your car, your motorcycle... whatever has a name... and talk up a storm.

Time permitting, we will also get into Thai food and ordering off a menu.  Start early to hunt down Thai food items in your grocery store.  Look up a neat recipe or just open a box of  "Taste of Thai" noodles, curry, soup, or Thai iced tea/coffee;  take a digital picture of your glorious meal, e-mail it to us for discussion purposes.  Go to: https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/food/default.htm

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Spring Week 10 March 17-21

Monday: 

• Food talk (By Scott -- any questions, contact him at Sferstand52@yahoo.com )

• Manii lesson 16 https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson16/storyUni.htm

Homework

• Food Project (Due date April 1 st)

• Write Manii Lesson16, 3 times and do all practices in Manii Lesson 16

Tuesday:

• Manii Lesson 16 -- https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson16/storyUni.htm

• Spoken Thai  -- Restaurant talk

• Spoken Thai Unit 4, Conversation 1 "Go to a Coffee Shop"

  ../spokenthai/unit4/default.htm

Homework

• Write down your conversation about asking your friend what they want to eat and drink, then translate into English

Wednesday: 

• Maanii Lesson 16 https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson16/storyUni.htm

        for homework, lab work and in-class activity. 

• kinship terms, Spoken Thai Unit 4, Conversation3 " Family 2"

  ../spokenthai/unit4/default.htm

Homework

• Review Practice Manii Lesson 16 for tomorrow class

• Practice writing kinship term from family tree.

Thursday: 

Friday: 

•  Flashcard Quiz 15-18: ../maanii1/review/default.htm

Homework

• Write Manii Lesson17, 3 times https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson17/storyUni.htm

• Practice kinship terms https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/kinship/kinship1Uni.htm

Spring Week 11 March 24-28

• Maanii Lesson 17 https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson17/storyUni.htm

         for homework, lab work and in-class activity.  Turn in 3 copies of 17.

• kinship terms https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/kinship/kinship1Uni.htm

Tuesday:

• Spoken Thai Unit 4, Conversation 2 "Family"  https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/spokenthai/unit4/default.htm

• Discriminate Main verb, Pre/Post verb, Directional verb

Homework

• Worksheet on Main verb, Pre/Post verb, Directional verb from Manii lesson 16-17

Wednesday: 

• Cultural Aspects of Rank, Position and Extended Family https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/kinship/kinship1Uni.htm

• Thai Music Video about the King of Thailand called "รูป ที่ มี ทุกบ้าน" (which means 'Every house has this picture') http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pG2EGRB2kg

• Worksheet on Music video "รูป ที่ มี ทุก บ้าน"

Thursday: 

• Review Manii Lesson 17 For Friday quiz.

Friday: 

• Quiz based on Manii 17 and Tone.

Spring Week 12 March 31 - April 4

• Maanii Lesson18 https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson18/storyUni.htm 

        for homework, lab work and in-class activity.  Turn in 3 copies of 18.

• Review  Missing Banana Poem

• Practice reading Manii Lesson 18

Tuesday:

• Food Presentation Dued, students do presentation about their Thai food cooking.

• Translation Manii Lesson 18

Wednesday: 

• Practice "Don't"  อย่า and "You should" คุณ น่าจะ

Thursday: 

• Word comparison "กว่า".

• Review Vocabulary for Friday Quiz.

Friday: 

• Quiz based on Mani 18 and general content of Manii story.

Homework

• Write Manii Lesson 19, 3 times

• Practice 'Antonyms' on seasite website.

Spring Week 13 April 7-11

• Maanii Lesson 19  https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson19/storyUni.htm

        for homework, lab work and in-class activity.  Turn in 3 copies of 19.

• Review Missing Banana Poem

• Review and practice Vocabulary (from Manii lesson and spoken Thai)

Tuesday:

• Review Missing Banana Poem

• Practice writing the possession phrase "ของ ของ ใคร" (thing of who)

Homework

• Using online dictionary and Antonyms exercise on Seasite website to write comparison sentences in Thai.

Wednesday: 

• Conversation regarding Family

Thursday: 

• Review all Conversations regarding Family and Mani 19.

• Review Antonyms

Friday: 

• Quiz based on Mani 19 and Antonyms.

Homework

•     Write Manii lesson 20 , 2 times

•     Do all practices in Manii lesson 20

•     Prepare to talk about your friend according to worksheet on Wednesday 9 April 2008

Spring Week 14 April 14-18

• Maanii Lesson 20  https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson20/storyUni.htm

• Practice reading and translation

Tuesday: 

•  Spoken Thai Unit 5 ../spokenthai/unit5/Default.htm

• Conversation about "The plan for next year" 

• Learn more about Thai New Year "SongKran Festival"             

Wednesday:

Thursday: 

• 'Nong Ploychompuu' study Thai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGPtyFP1nQc

• 'Elephant song' http://www.hawaii.edu/thai/thaisongs/frmelep.htm

• Practice writing activities and time of the day.

• Review Mani 20 for quiz.

Friday: 

• Quiz based on Mani 20 .

Spring Week 15 April 21-25

• Maanii Lesson 21https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson21/storyUni.htm 

          for homework, lab work and in-class activity.  Turn in 3 copies of 21

Tuesday: 

•   Spoken Thai Unit 5 https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/spokenthai/unit5/default.htm

Wednesday:

• Practice Translation Manii lesson 21

Thursday: 

• Practice Elephant song

• Review Mani 21 for quiz.

Friday:  Quiz based on Mani 21.

Spring Week 16 April 28-May 2

Monday: 

• Maanii Lesson 22

        https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson22/story22aUni.htm

        https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson22/story22bUni.htm

        https://seasite.niu.edu/Thai/maanii1/lesson22/story22cUni.htm

        for homework, lab work and in-class activity.  

Tuesday: 

• Review for final oral conversation

• the word "ไป" in the meaning of "too much"

Wednesday: 

• Review day, time, color and number.

• Practice more about final oral conversation

Thursday: 

• Review Mani 22 for Friday quiz

Friday:  Quiz based on ALL parts of Mani 22 (I, II & III).

• Sign up for oral examination

Spring Week 16 May 5 - 9

Wednesday:  More review...

Thursday: Final Writing examination (in class)

Friday:  Reading Day  (FREE for self-study)

Final Exam Week (May 12-16)!