Saturday, December 25, 2010

It's sawasdee, ka, even in Cambodia

Heang Sreychea, 19, a media and communications student at the Royal University ofPhnom Penh, displays the lyrics of a traditional Loy Krathong song at aThailanguageclass. ANUCHACHAROENPO

Thai courses in the Khmer capital help forge ties with our sometimes distant neighbour

25/12/2010
Anucha Charoenpo
Bangkok Post

Heang Sreychea, 19, a Cambodian student at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, is listening to the Thai traditional Loy Krathong song and singing along to the lyrics displayed on a karaoke TV screen.

The young woman is among 27 Cambodian students enrolled in a basic Thai language and culture class run by the university's Institute of Foreign Language (IFL) in the Cambodian capital.

"I want to go to Thailand. That's why I study Thai," said Ms Sreychea, a media and communications student.

"I think Thai is similar to Cambodian. So it isn't too difficult for me to remember Thai words."
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