The Tuttle Practical Cambodian Dictionary answers the need for a dictionary of Cambodian that is handy, current, and useful to those with little or no experience with the Cambodian language. With other Cambodian dictionaries are designed for those who can read Cambodian script, this dictionary provides entries in both script and romanized form. Entries provide clear, precise definitions and sample phrases to illustrate the natural use of the language. Foreigners learning Cambodian and Cambodians learning English will find this dictionary a reliable and effective reference tool for their studies. Useful features include:

• both English-Cambodian and Combodian-English sections.
• Approximately 5,500 entries.
• All entries in both romanized and Cambodian script.
• Helpful appendixes and sample usages.
• Handy, compact size.

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship-whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' Thai will help you to:

- Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
- Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
- Understand and pronounce Thai easily with online audio.
- Become familiar with the Thai alphabet.
- Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
- Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.

Is this course for me?
Beginners' Thai is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Thai. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.

Where do I go next?
Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete Thai.

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• Outcomes-based approach- focus your learning with clear goals
• Learn to learn- tips and skills on how to be a better language learner
• Discovery method- figure out rules and patterns for yourself to make the language stick
• Self-check and test yourself - see and assess your own progress
• Personalization-use the language in real situations

This third edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar. Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language.

Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course.

The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work.

By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

GRAMMAR TIPS
Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding.

USEFUL VOCABULARY
Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.

DIALOGUES
Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast.

PRONUNCIATION
Don't sound like a tourist Perfect your pronunciation before you go.

TEST YOURSELF
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

TRY THIS
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

The audio for this course can be downloaded from the Teach Yourself Library app or streamed at library.teachyourself.com.

Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.

The literary canon is one of the most lively areas of debate in contemporary literary studies. This set of essays is both timely and original in its focus on the canon in South-East Asian literatures, covering Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. They vary in focus, from the broad panoramic survey of trends in a national literature to very specific discussions of the role of individuals in shaping a canon or the place of a particular text within a tradition, and from contemporary to traditional literature. They include discussions of the development of prose fiction, censorship and artistic freedom, the role of westerners in codifying indigenous literatures, the writing of literary history, the development of literary criticism and indigenous aesthetics.

The literary canon is one of the most lively areas of debate in contemporary literary studies. This set of essays is both timely and original in its focus on the canon in South-East Asian literatures, covering Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. They vary in focus, from the broad panoramic survey of trends in a national literature to very specific discussions of the role of individuals in shaping a canon or the place of a particular text within a tradition, and from contemporary to traditional literature. They include discussions of the development of prose fiction, censorship and artistic freedom, the role of westerners in codifying indigenous literatures, the writing of literary history, the development of literary criticism and indigenous aesthetics.

This third edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar. Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language.

This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

Dictionary of Literary Biography systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.

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This second edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar.

Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language. Focus is kept on the real patterns of use today and grammar forms are demonstrated through a wide range of relevant examples. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader.

Features include:

• Coverage of crucial topics, such as sentence particles, negation, questions and quantification
• Examples given in both Thai script and romanised transliteration
• Pronunciation section
• Guidance on speech conventions and the Thai writing system
• Glossary of grammatical terms
• Two appendices covering Romanisation systems and three key verbs
• Bibliography

This unique reference work will prove invaluable to all learners looking to master the grammar of Thai. It is ideal either for independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.

This second edition of Thai: An Essential Grammar provides an up-to-date and concise reference guide to Thai grammar.

Using clear, jargon-free explanations, it sets out the complexities of Thai in short, readable sections and presents an accessible description of the language. Focus is kept on the real patterns of use today and grammar forms are demonstrated through a wide range of relevant examples. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader.

Features include:

• Coverage of crucial topics, such as sentence particles, negation, questions and quantification
• Examples given in both Thai script and romanised transliteration
• Pronunciation section
• Guidance on speech conventions and the Thai writing system
• Glossary of grammatical terms
• Two appendices covering Romanisation systems and three key verbs
• Bibliography

This unique reference work will prove invaluable to all learners looking to master the grammar of Thai. It is ideal either for independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.