Thai 1
UndergraduateANU-THAI10022026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
Unlock the written and spoken language of Thailand. Build up an active vocabulary and explore Thai’s sentence structures and grammar. Steep yourself in the culture of Thailand and study the social and historical contexts that shaped its language.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $1,700
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Thai 1
About this subject
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Use an active Thai vocabulary of about 350 items.
- Recognise and pronounce all Thai tones, consonants, and vowels.
- Read, write, and reproduce basic sentences.
- Use basic Thai grammar and sentence structures, conjunctions, simple modifiers, and particles.
- Use simple Thai to speak and write about self and family, time and date, ask for help, information and direction, and describe objects.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic Thai cultural issues in relation to language use and politeness.
- Thai
This subject introduces students to spoken and written Thai, the language spoken in Thailand and by the Thai diaspora worldwide. It is appropriate for students without any background in Thai language. Students will learn the tones, consonants, vowels, essential grammar, and the writing system of the Thai language. They are the building blocks of students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Students will learn, practise, and employ a range of simple sentence structures with appropriate polite particles through a series of situational dialogues. The language use and topics cover greetings and self-introduction, giving basic information on self, family and friends, time and date, description of objects, and asking for help, information and directions. Cultural issues involved language use and politeness will be included. The subject also covers basic knowledge of Thailand. By the end of the subject, students will be able to read and write basic Thai sentences and use the language in simple day-to-day communication and situations. This subject will prepare students for the second subject of Thai.
This is a fast paced academic subject at a University level, via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.
- Participation (10%)
- 8 Periodic quizzes (2.5% each) (20%)
- 5 Periodic homework (4% each) (20%)
- Mid-semester assessment (The written conponent requires students to write 30 words in Thai.) (20%)
- Final assessment (The written conponent requires students to write 50 words in Thai.) (30%)
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If you have studied or have previous experience with the language and are not sure which course level is right for you, please take a language proficiency assessment, or reach out to our friendly student services team at ANU: cap.student@anu.edu.au.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - To successfully engage in this subject, students will need a laptop or computer with a camera (inbuilt or webcam), a headset with a microphone, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, reliable internet access, and access to a scanner or smartphone.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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