Chulalongkorn University Center for Thai as a Foreign Language

The Center for Thai as a Foreign Language (CTFL) at Chulalongkorn University is housed on the eighth floor of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building, Faculty of Arts, in Bangkok's Pathum Wan district. The university location is useful to know when arranging a first visit. Students need the Faculty of Arts and the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building rather than simply the main university address. The centre organises Thai teaching for people whose first language is another language.

Intensive and part-time Thai at the Faculty of Arts

The intensive onsite programme is divided into successive levels and is designed for sustained classroom work. Applicants with prior knowledge can use placement to identify the appropriate starting point. A learner returning to Thai after independent study can therefore discuss what they already understand instead of assuming that time spent with a textbook corresponds to a particular class.

The Faculty of Arts also lists Communicative Thai for Beginners and a reading-and-writing programme. The former gives early learners a route into conversation on a weekday evening timetable. The literacy option is organised around Saturday mornings. For a Bangkok resident with work or university commitments, these are materially different choices. One concentrates study into an intensive block, while the others provide a way to practise a defined skill around an existing weekly routine.