Let's Learn Thai Language (FutureLearn)

Understand how to greet different people

You’ll get the chance to understand the differences between formal and informal greetings. This is a valuable skill that will help you further understand the culture and be respectful when addressing others.

Get tips on how to improve your pronunciation

Suitable even for those with no prior experience, you’ll gain both cultural competency and an understanding of the Thai language throughout the course.

You’ll go over the basic information in order to strike up a simple conversation with, and understand native Thai speakers in a social environment.

Impress all your friends by asking the locals for directions on your next trip to Thailand

In this course, you will learn basic Thai-speaking. You will increase your vocabulary, understanding simple Thai greetings, and you will learn how to use basic conversation skills to introduce yourself.

By the end of the course, you will have applied Thai phrases and sentences in different contexts.

What topics will you cover?

- Greet people and introduce yourself and others;

- Understand the difference between formal and informal greetings;

- Pronounce like a native speaker;

- Learn useful phrases.

Learning on this course

You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Classify simple words in Thai greetings

- Perform basic conversation to introduce yourself

- Apply phrases and sentences in a different contexts.

Who is the course for?

This course is aimed at people with no prior knowledge of the Thai language who want to gain basic speaking skills.

It is great for tourists or travellers who wants to learn essential communication skills for their upcoming visits to Thailand.