Andrej: How I’m learning Isaan
Isaan is a catch phrase for Lao varieties spoken by about 20 million people in North-Eastern Thailand. These languages are closer to Lao than to … Read more
Index: Successful Thai Language Interview Compilation
The First Fifty Successful Thai Language Learners… Well, that’s a wrap. For now anyway. Below are the first 50 interviews in the Successful Thai Language … Read more
Interview Compilation: What Advice Would You Give to Students of the Thai Language?
What advice would you give to students of the Thai language?… This has got to be my favourite question in this series. As the advice … Read more
Interview Compilation: What is the Biggest Misconception for Learning Thai?
What is the biggest misconception for students learning Thai?… Out of the 50, 22 focused on tones and pronunciation. But there’s a mixed bag. Some … Read more
Interview Compilation: Do You Speak Street Thai, Issan Thai, or Professional Thai?
Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai?… Out of the 50 interviewed, 26 speak professional Thai, 14 speak street Thai, five … Read more
Interview Compilation: What are Your Strengths and Weaknesses?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?… It’s been said that if you are aware of both your strengths and weaknesses with learning languages you can … Read more
The Challenge: Two Weeks to Learn Thai in Bangkok!
Going Head to Head in Bangkok.. This is exciting stuff. Lately I’ve been tweeting from @ThaiLanguageRes about a Learn Thai Challenge driven by Olly Richards … Read more
Francesco Accomando: Sharing My Personal Retrospective With Those Just Beginning to Study Thai
I started studying English while in primary school in Italy, then moved to London in June 2007. By then I’d been studying English for about … Read more
Why Do Foreigners Quit Learning Thai?
This is a recurring problem that I hear from many learners of Thai. I put this clip together to hopefully help Thais who are working … Read more
Luke Bruder Bauer: How I Learn Foreign Languages
The discussion of how I learn Thai is something that is kind of difficult for me to pull together. Usually, it ends up sounding really … Read more
TPR: Total Physical Response 500+ Thai Word List Translated
In Andrej’s post, TPR: Total Physical Response Explained, he went over the basics of TPR for us. The main idea of TPR is to teach … Read more
Interview Compilation: Did You Find Learning to Read and Write Thai Difficult?
Did you find learning to read and write Thai difficult?… Scanning quickly through the results … 34 said reading and writing (combined) wasn’t difficult, 14 … Read more