Thai Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Thai Words and Phrases - The Perfect Visual Resource for Language Learners of All Ages (Includes Online Audio) (Tuttle Picture Dictionary) - Hardcover

Rattanakhemakorn, Jintana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804852189 ISBN 13: 9780804852180

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Thai—whether you're 5 or 100!

This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Thai words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given using Thai script—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along with the English meaning.

The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics, like meeting someone new and using public transportation, to culture-specific topics, like celebrating Thai holidays and eating Thai food.

This colorful picture dictionary includes:

• Over 750 color photographs
• 1,500 culture-specific Thai words and phrases
• 38 different topics—from social media and counting to Thai food and holidays
• Example sentences showing how the words are used
• Free online audio recordings by native Thai speakers of all the vocabulary and sentences to download or stream
• An introduction to Thai pronunciation and grammar
• A bidirectional index to allow you to quickly look up words

Thai Picture Dictionary makes language learning more fun than traditional phrasebooks. This resource is perfect for beginners of all ages—curious kids, visual learners and future travelers to Thailand.

About this title

About the Author

Jintana Rattanakhemakorn graduated from Chiang Mai University with a bachelor's degree in Thai, and completed her master's degree in English at Khon Kaen University. She also holds a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Seattle University College of Education. She taught Thai to U.S. college students at CIEE study abroad program in Khon Kaen, Thailand from 2004 to 2017. She developed curriculum, textbooks, teaching methods, materials, lesson plans, and activities used in all Thai language courses. Currently, she is teaching Thai to international students at ASEAN Language Center and also teaching English at International College, Khon Kaen University. In addition, she is the author of the Easy Thai: Learn to Speak Thai Quickly (Tuttle 2015) and has revised the Survival Thai Phrasebook (Tuttle 2016), the Instant Thai Phrasebook (Tuttle 2016), the Making Out in Thai (Tuttle 2017), and the Pocket Thai Dictionary (Tuttle 2018).

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804852189
• ISBN 13: 9780804852180
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96