Thai Vocabulary for Keeping Cool (Tempers) in Thailand
Flash tempers in Thailand… I inherited a flash temper that I’ve mostly grown out of, and I attribute a chunk of the change to living … Read more
Thai Protests 2013-14: Who to Follow on Twitter
Thai Protests 2013-2014: Who to Follow on Twitter… Yes, the Thai protests are STILL going on. I was hoping they’d be over by now, but … Read more
Taking a Break from Thai Politics: Squat Toilets and Bum Guns
Need a break from Thai politics? Here a toilet, everywhere a toilet… The internet is going crazy over protests in Bangkok this week (condolences to … Read more
Bread Krathongs? Prayer, Appreciation, and Apologies
Loy Krathong: 2013… If you’ve never experienced Loy Krathong, it’s a must. As far as Thai festivals go Loy Krathong is right up there with … Read more
Using High Frequency Thai Vocabulary: Yes/No Question Patterns
Yes/No Question Patterns… In this latest posting we will use the vocabulary from the High Frequency Thai Vocabulary List to work with Yes/No question patterns. … Read more
Music for Studying Foreign Languages
Music for studying foreign languages… Listening to Baroque music has long been touted as cure-all for studying languages. Some even go as far as to … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Asking for Directions in Thailand
Asking for Directions in Thailand… After my last post, Do Thais Want Me to Speak Thai?, I received an interesting link to a posting on … Read more
Onomatopoeic Words in the Thai Language
Written Sound: Onomatopoeic words in Thai… Learning about onomatopoeic words in the Thai language has been quite the experience. It all started when @babla tweeted … Read more
Using High Frequency Thai Vocabulary: Adjective Pattern Sounds
Using High Frequency Thai Vocabulary: Adjective Pattern Sounds… As promised, here are the sound files to the Adjective Patterns post. Apologies for it taking so … Read more
Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary
Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary… A few weeks back, Noel from Smart Language Learner (a language blog I frequent) asked 36 language learning experts and … Read more
Self Study Thai: In-depth Study of VOA News Articles
Study Thai with VOA news articles… Selfstudythai.com creates study materials from news articles with corresponding audio from the voathai.com website. Articles are broken down so … Read more
