! Test marks for section 10 are here.

! Monday class at AUA: Section 10 students, this Monday, February 13, 2012, we are going to have class at the AUA Library (map). Please meet me and Khun Santithep, the director, promptly at 8 a.m. in the library which is on the second floor. You will be asked to check your bags before going in but you will be given zip bags for personal belongings. You are welcome to take pictures, record audio, and take notes as part of material gathering for your informative pieces.

! Exercises and Tests Discussion

News (English-Thai)

• 1: Typhoon Megi
• 2: Fire in cracker shop
• 3: Indonesian train crash
• 4: Australian arrested
• 5: NZ oil spill
• 6: Singapore's growth

• 1: เก๋งชนจยย.
• 2: ตำรวจถูกจับ
• 3: ไฟไหม้อู่
• 4: ปล้นร้านเซ เว่น
• 5: ราชบุรีน้ำ ท่วม

• Roosevelt
  
• 1: Climate diet
• 2: Marriage
  
• 3: Facial expressions
  
• 4: Beavers
  
• 5: Happiness
• 6: Angkor Wat

• 1: สุนัข
• 2: ประเทศไทย
• 3: ข้าว
• 4: ช้าง
• 5: คลอง
• Practice: มวยไทย

• 1: Gilbert Wright, "Detour to Romance" (1946)
  
• 2: Dan Jacobson, Through the Wilderness and Other Stories (1968)
  
• 3: Pete Hautman, Godless (2004)
  
• 4: Alice Hoffman, The River King (2000)
  
• 5: Roald Dahl, "A Visit to the Doctor," Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
  
• 6: Grace Bedell
• Practice: Roald Dahl, "William and Mary," Kiss Kiss (1960)
• Practice: Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
  

• 1: Typhoon disrupts Tokyo (news English-Thai)
  
• 2: จับขี้ยาปล้นร้านทอง (news Thai-English)
  
• 3: Seppuku (nonfiction English-Thai)
  
• 4: มะพร้าว (nonfiction Thai-English)
  
• 5: Fried Green Tomatoes (expressive text English-Thai)
  

Class Time: M 8–10, W 9–10

Required Texts: Coursebook

Syllabus (Excel file)

Detailed Schedule

Requirements and Expectations

• Attendance and Participation: Discussion about translation is an important way to learn in this class and students are encouraged to express their opinions, share observations and ask questions. Complete your translation exercises before class and come prepared to discuss your work and problems and issues you've encountered.

• There will be five tests and a final:

  • Test 1: news (English-Thai)

  • Test 2: news (Thai-English)

  • Test 3: informative text (English-Thai)

  • Test 4: informative text (Thai-English)

  • Test 5: fiction (English-Thai)

  • Final: 5 parts

Translation Resources