Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Buddhist Vocabulary by the Numbers
Thai Buddhist Vocabulary by the Numbers… It wasn’t until about 300 years after the Buddha’s death that his teachings were put down in writing. Before … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Breathing in Chiang Mai
Breathing in Chiang Mai… If you live anywhere in or near northern Thailand you probably can’t get the smog out of your head – both … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Lounge Lizard Foreign Language Speaking Exercises
Lounge Lizard foreign language speaking exercises… It is probably because I am a bit obsessive compulsive that I still spend some time every day studying … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Learning Thai Medical Terms: Breaking Down and Building Up
Learning Thai medical terms: Breaking down and building up… As a follow up to our previous post here on WLT, a reader has asked us … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Helpful Thai Medical Vocabulary for Men
Medical vocabulary for men, and some women… Some of you may know that besides contributing to Women Learn Thai I also write a blog on … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Using a Patriotic Song for Thai Vocabulary Building
A patriotic song for vocabulary building… This patriotic song that we hear on the radio and TV every day is said to have been written … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Fluency Practice Through Symbols
Thai Language Thai Culture: Language as Symbols… We start with an idea in our heads. In order to get this idea into another person’s head … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Speaking Thai in Tenses
Thai Language Thai Culture: Speaking Thai in Tenses… To avoid talking about the last shot I had just hit into the water on the 3rd … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: The Why? Series
Book Review – The Why? Series… To many people, the search for the holy grail of learning to read Thai is finding a book that … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Reading Lessons and Vocabulary Building
How I Taught Myself to Read Thai… As many of you know I began reading Thai long after I was speaking it. Even though I … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Detours in Becoming Fluent in Spoken Thai
Detours in Becoming Fluent in Spoken Thai… In my experience, the best language learners are people who love to talk and listen. They are quite … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: “Tieow” Like a Thai
“Tieow” Like a Thai… We had to get away from Chiang Mai during this ridiculously hot spell and after the madness of Songkran (for which … Read more