- YLC Thai Message Board
Communicate with your tutor and classmates using the new audio/video friendly Message Board.
- Yamada Language Center Holdings
We have quite a few materials for
all levels. Find out what more materials are available for Thai by using
the Yamada Online Catalog. We have a small but growing collection of
Thai DVDs. Watch the news from
Thailand online on the virtual
language lab.
- Survival Thai Resource for language and cultural study courtesy of LangMedia.
- Learn Thai the
Easy Way (Recommended)
This is a really great site for learning basic Thai. Learn how vocabulary
about greeting, shopping, numbers, directions, days and months, etc.
Listen to native pronunciation and see English and Thai form of writing.
Moreover, get top resources, free downloads, etc.
- Thai Homepage -
language lessons, cultural information and links to related sites.
Something
for the serious student as well as the casual visitor. (SEAsite—Thai
learning at Northern Illinois University)
- Learn
Thai online
A very popular Thai learning site that gets more into detail about
writing styles, grammar, and vocabulary. There are a few words selected
for pronunciation practice.
- Thai
for Fun
This site intends to facilitate non-Thai native speakers from adolescents to
adults to familar with Thai language and culture and provides favorite links.
(thanks
Rux).
- Thaisouth.com
Learn introduction vocabulary for greetings, transportation, restaurant,
and more.
- Learn Thai Cooking
Learn all about the philosophy of Thai cooking and check out the numerous
Thai recipes that'll make your mouth water.
- Online
newspapers from Thailand
- News from the Voice
of America and the BBC
- Online
Radio Stations from Thailand
- See
our Language Guides for more resources
Scholarships
Freeman International Scholarships for Study in Asia (University of Oregon Administered): Several scholarships are available to students who participate in a UO-sponsored study abroad program in East or Southeast Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam. Scholarships up to $7000 are available for year-long academic programs, up to $5000 for semester-long programs, and up to $3000 for summer programs. UO graduate or undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply. Recipients must satisfy a public service requirement upon their return to the UO.
Application deadlines: November 5 (for winter and spring programs) or February 5 (for summer, fall and academic year programs). These scholarships are contingent upon renewal of funds. Applications are available at the OIP Overseas Study Reception Desk or online at http://studyabroad.uoregon.edu/funding/. For more information, contact Cari Vanderkar, OIP or the OIP Scholarship GTF.
IIE Freeman – Asia Awards for Study in Asia: Supporting U.S. undergraduates to study in East and Southeast Asia, these awards provide $3000 for a summer program, $5000 for a semester program, and $7000 for an academic year program. Recipients must satisfy a public service requirement upon their return to the U.S. Applications must be completed online at http://www.iie.org/pgms/Freeman-ASIA before the stipulated deadline as your overseas program coordinator must submit a letter of support.
Application deadlines: March 1 (for summer programs), April 1 (for fall or academic year programs), and October 31 (for spring programs). For further information, visit their website or contact Cari Vanderkar, OIP or the OIP Scholarship GTF. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit draft applications to OIP for review at least two weeks prior to the deadline.
UO-sponsored programs through Payap University and Khon Kaen University that include language and culture as areas of study. Contact OIP (330 Oregon Hall) or go to http://studyabroad.uoregon.edu for more information.
The Advanced Thai Program Abroad (AST) is a consortium of North American educational institutions, administered by the East Asian Center of the University of Washington. They have a summer program for advanced study of Thai at Chiang Mai University. Fellowship opportunities. http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cseas/langugeInstruction/SummerLangProg.htm#ast.
The University of Minnesota has a program that includes language study, in which participants spend the summer in Minnesota, and then spend fall term or the whole academic year in Thailand. http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/ASIA/thailand1.html.
CCI (Center for Cultural Exchange) has an Independent Homestay Program http://www.cci-exchange.com/homestay.htm.
For UO-accredited internships, go to http://ie3global.orst.edu for more information. Examples are working at ELITE (education/linguistics-related) or Fern Resort (eco-tourism, environmental studies-related).
The Alliances for Study Abroad and Internships in Thailand (ASIT), a Thai non-profit agency has internships for teaching English (supervised or independent), internships as grant writer, agricultural extension worker, marketing/fundraising intern, volunteer advisor in international education institution, as well as a variety of internships in areas of business and specialized/technical vocations (like public health and environment). http://www.kiasia.org/ASIT/internship/index.html.
For students in SIT’s graduate program for a Master of Arts in Teaching, there is a winter internship teaching English in a Hmong Refugee camp in Thailand http://www.sit.edu/graduate/aymat/internships/thailand.html.
IAESTE has paid internships ranging between 4 and 52 weeks in duration, for science and engineering students, usually in at least their third year of college. http://www.planetedu.com/search/internships/paid/_o2/_p15.
Internships International has a variety of internships in Thailand. For more details, go to http://www.rtpnet.org/~intintl/about.html.
The East-West Center of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa is a non-degree granting educational institution that focuses on the study of some 60 countries and territories in an area encompassing Pakistan eastward through Asia to Japan, and from Australia across the Pacific to the United States. http://www.eastwestcenter.org//edu-sp.asp. EWC Graduate Fellowships are available to individuals interested in participating in the educational and research programs at the EWC while pursuing a master's or doctorate degree at the University of Hawaii. http://www.shaps.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/aid_grad.shtml#pas.
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is a consortium of fourteen North American educational institutions. The intensive summer language program covers the equivalent of one academic year of language study in eight weeks. For the summers of 2004-9, the institute will be on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/seassi/.
Global Service Corps (GSC) has programs ranging between two weeks and six months in Thailand, in the fields of education and health (both of which might involve teaching English) and also a Buddhist Immersion program:
http://www.globalservicecorps.org/thailand/thailand_main.html.
They also have a new program in which volunteers basically provide hospice care for HIV patients in a monastery: http://www.globalservicecorps.org/thailand/thailand_hiv.htm.
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