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TIME
WHAT TIME IS IT IN BRAZIL OR THAILAND, RIGHT  NOW  (see Rio de Janeiro or Bangkok)?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

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FOR THAILAND:

THAI LANGUAGE WITH AUDIO!
http://www.learningthai.com/useful_phrases.html and
http://www.thai-language.com/lessons/

THAI NATIONAL ANTHEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDKah2nnvw

FOR FUN - ELEPHANT SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4asnmrRNfg
Elephant song lyric;
Chang Chang Chang     (Elephant Elephant Elephant)
Nong Kei Hen Chang Rue Plaw    (Have you even seen the elephant?)
Chang Man Tua To Mai Bao     (Elephant has a big body)
Jamuk Yao Yao Riek Wa Nguang    (Long nose call trunk)
Me Kiew Tai Nguang Riek Wa Nga    (has tooth under trunk call tusk)
Me Hu Me Ta Hang Yao       (had ears, has eyes, long tail)

Vocabulary;
Chang=Elephant, Nong=to call young brother or sister, Kei=Ever, Hen=See, Rue Plaw=Arn't you?, Man=It, Tua=Body,
To=Big, Mai=Not, Bao=Light, Jamuk=Nose, Yao=Long, Riek Wa=Call, Nguang=Trunk, Me=Have, Kiew=tooth,
Tai=Under, Nga=tusk, Hu=Ears, Ta=Eyes, Hang=Tail.


BRAZIL READINGS

Simple Summary: Brazil- Education
An overview of education in Brazil.  Written by the United Nations.
http://www.un.int/brazil/brasil/brazil-education.htm

Comprehensive Review of Education in Brazil  (2002)
Written by the WorldBank.
Click here for article

Educational System of Brazil (1990)
Fonseca, M. A. & Sianou, M. (ed.) (1990).  Education system of Brazil: An update of current reforms. World
Education News & Reviews,
Fall, 1990, 8-12.
http://www.wes.org/ewenr/wenrarchive/BR_ProfFall90.pdf

The Challenges of Education in Brazil (2003)
Schwartzman, S. (2003).  University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies, Working Paper Series, Working Paper
CBS 38
http://www.schwartzman.org.br/simon/pdf/challenges.pdf

Globalization, Poverty, and Social Inequity in Brazil  (2003)
Schwartzman, S. (2003).  Text prepared for the project “Globalization and Inequality,” Woodrow Wilson Center,
Washington.
http://www.schwartzman.org.br/simon/pdf/globalization.pdf

Racial Classification & Income Inequality in Brazil  (2008)
Telles, E. E. & Lim, N.  (2008).  Does it matter the race question? Racial classification and income inequality in Brazil.  
Demography, (35)4, 465-74.
Click here for article

Challenges of Education in Brazil   [2004, book]
Brock, C. & Schwartzman, S. (eds).  (2004), The Challenges of Education in Brazil (Oxford Studies in
Comparative Education),
Symposium Books: United Kingdom (UK).  Available for about $24 from
http://amazon.co.uk   [note, the cost is twice as much at US-based online stores???]


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