Project Idea : Thai Lesson for Beginners

This is the same project that I am working on 801 and also my for 894 in the Fall 2010.
Here is a my brife proposal:

Thai Lesson for Beginners

Background

To help non–Thai people who need to or would like to be able to communicate in Thai language, for instance expatriates, retirees in Thailand, spouses and children of Thai, by providing beginning Thai lessons. These lessons will include: the Thai alphabet, basic vowels, how to make simple words and how to pronounce them. Lots of non-native Thai speakers have learned Thai only by trying to memorize some basic vocabulary or sentences without knowing the basics of Thai writing and reading. Moreover, most Thai language books and websites teach how to pronounce Thai sounds by associating them with English sounds which is a cause of problems to the learners later because Thai sounds and English sounds are not exactly the same. These are the main reasons why many foreigners who stay in Thailand for a long period (more than 2 years) still cannot pronounce Thai correctly, speak more varieties of sentences, or even make accurate sentences.


Objectives
to be able to do the following:
• Read the often used 28 Thai letters correctly.
• Read the basic single 17 Thai vowels correctly.
• Pronounce basic Thai words correctly without associating sounds and letters from their native language.
Delivery system and Media Selections
This project will be delivered online using web base platform, multimedia, and emerging online technologies. For instance, animation, streaming video, audio , and web conferencing tool.

For more specifically for the emerging technologies that I might apply to this project are included: webboard or blog,youtube channel for this project,podcast,screencasting,
skype.