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One semester in Thailand

• Hey everybody, I am currently applying for an exchange program in a thai University.

• I would really appreciate if you could read what I wrote and help me correct the mistakes I made.

• Having already been given the opportunity to participate in an one-year exchange program to Bangkok in 2010, my objective when enrolling at INaLCO was to further deepen my prior knowledge of the thai culture and language.

• My studies helped me acquire a better understanding of the thai society and to learn more about its historic and civilisationnel foundations.

• The intensive language classes allowed me to improve my command of the thai langage so that I am now capable of reading literary texts and news articles as well as understanding radio programs on a diversity of topics in thai.

• Nevertheless, I still find it difficult to read scientific texts written in thai, not only because of the language barrier but also because I sometimes struggle to grasp the thai concepts and scientific references.

• As I would like to pursue my studies in the field of international relations between South-East Asia and Europe, I think that it is indispensable for me to have an in-depth understanding of the thai language and the local cultural codes in order to be able to conduct meaningful research in social sciences related to South-East Asia.

• Studying at Thammasat University would be a great opportunity to achieve my goal of developing my langage skills and of familiarizing with the academic environment and could thus lay a solid groundwork for a further engagement in studies of region.