FLTH 203-204 Syllabus (5 Credit
Hours per semester)
Prof. Hartmann
Class Schedule: TBA
Lang. Lab. Instruction: TBA
Required Texts:
Thai for Beginners and Thai for Intermediate Learners (for
practicing all 4 skills). These texts can be purchased online, e.g. Amazon.
Thai
Reader (online:http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/thaireader/frameset.htm)
Thai-English
Student’s Dictionary by Mary Haas (to be ordered from Amazon.com
Course Objectives:
To build on the skills
acquired in Beginning Thai but at an accelerated pace, which is afforded
by
the smaller class size. Acquisition of new vocabulary will be tested in pop-quizzes; each
student
will be expected to use the Mary Haas Thai English dictionary with skill by the end of
the
semester. Detailed instructions on the use of the dictionary can be found on
www.seasite.niu.edu/thai (see Overview).
You will need to memorize dialogs for role playing and free
conversation based on
the contents
in Thai for Beginners and/or Thai for Intermediate Learners.
Thai
Reader: You practice reading them aloud to yourself so that your fluency will
improve over
the
course of the semester. This means that you will need to listen to them being read over
and
over,
imitating the speaker’s rate of reading and pronunciation. Class time will be spent
discussing
the
content, grammar, and meaning. You should come to class with prepared questions of your
own
in Thai,either of a general conversational nature or questions concerning the meaning,
use,
translation,
grammatical function of words or constructions. The use of English in class is strongly
discouraged.
Individual Project:
In addition to the two texts for listening and speaking and Thai Reader assignments, each student will be expected to find an
additional
learning resource on SEAsite (food, travel. music, news, etc.) to work on outside of
class
and to turn in a report on the learning experience. Part of your language training is to
become
an
independent learner, to go beyond the confines of the classroom.
Grading:
In
addition to the pop-quizzes; there will be a mid-term and final. Class preparation
(including
homework)
and participation will be graded as well.
Mid-Term
30
%
Final
40
%
Pop
Quizes
10%
Class
prep/part.
10%
Individual
proj.
10%
A:
100-90
B:
89-80
C:
79-70
D:
69-60
Failing:
59 and below