The Story of Palm Part 1 Childhood – Transliteration version (e-book) is available on Amazon.com , aims to help the learners to practice both listening skill with an easy and fun content. It is good especially for beginners who wants to improve their listening skill. There are ten chapters telling the story from the day Palm was born until she was ten years old.
There are 5 parts of this book.
Part 1: Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation
In this part, you find a guide to the transliteration format because none of the content is written in Thai script. You will also learn the essentials of the Thai sound system you need to know in order to have a proper pronunciation when speaking through the transliteration.
Part 2: The Story
This is the main part of the book where you will see the ten chapters of the story, with graphics and story lines written in transliteration. There are audio tracks recorded by a Thai native speaker for you to listen to the story. This part aims to help you to acquire the Thai language through listening with fun.
Part 3: Translation, Glossary and Word Usage
Here the English translations are written along with their illustrations and followed by glossary on the next page. After the glossary page, you will find the word usage section where there are explanation and examples for each word marked with a star.
Part 4: Activities
This part contains activities aimed to help you to recall what you have learned from the story. This helps you to review and observe your progress after listening to the story. The activities provided will help you with listening and speaking skills.
Part 5: Answers of the Activities
You will find the answers to the activities in this section.
You can download the audio files through the link provided inside the book.