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Interview: Luke Cassady-Dorion the linguist… I never tire of reading about the language attributes of linguists. Luke, a talented photographer, just happens to be studying for a Bachelor’s Degree at Ramkhamkaeng University (Thai Major, Japanese Minor). In addition, he has taken on Spanish, Sanskrit, Lanna, and Burmese at the university level. Impressive. Goldenland Polygot In [...]

Thinking about Thailand… I debated about writing this post because I don’t want WLT to be taken over by Thai politics. Also, my leanings are more towards history, with a preference towards reading about politicians long dead. So political events in Thailand, especially as they happen, are in a mist of confusion because I don’t [...]

Seeing Learn Thai Podcast anew… I ran into Jo and Jay years back, when they had a few choice Thai sound files on offer. It was a simple affair, and popular. They dropped out of sight to later reappear with a professional looking product loaded down with audio and video files. I contacted Jo with [...]

A Rose (กุหลาบ /gù-làap/) by any other name… I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to remember and it isn’t just because of the language or my advancing age. You can tell me your name and 2 minutes [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Gareth Marshall Nationality: British Age range: 30-40 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Magazine editor Website: www.director-thailand.com What is your Thai level? All a bit mixed up, really. Overall I’d say intermediate, although I practice writing rarely, if ever. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai? [...]

Giving back and RAKing sans sin… Christians are really big on the concept of sin. Also quite popular is the atoning for sins by doing good. Ok, for Catholics, the rosary is supposed to come into it, but I grew into my own way of thinking. By the time I was in my 20′s, giving [...]

Just when we went back home the street we were on came under fire from very close. We were running for our lives. Later troops were screening every corner, house, hotel and all roofs in the area from pockets of “terrorists”. We have not been allowed to leave our house for the rest of the [...]

Heartfelt wishes to Thailand during these turbulent times… What a depressing month. Desperate to write about something positive (having had to cancel most of my planned posts), on Monday I sent the below to a smattering of people (apologies if you didn’t receive one): A request – Those living in Thailand (Thais as well as [...]

Here is a short update… At the moment we have power most of the time. There have been only a few blackouts so far. Mobile phone signal is off mostly and the internet signal is very unstable. Lots of interruptions – sometimes for hours. Water is still running with few interruptions. Our neighborhood is completely [...]

Top 100 Language Learning Blogs 2010… Hi everyone. It’s that time of year again! Time to vote at Lexiophiles Top 100 Language Blogs 2010. Last year it was all excitement when WLT placed in their language learning section. And this year is no different. I’m still excited about it all. Why? Because it’s not just [...]

Learn Thai Podcast… Learn-Thai-Podcast.com started when Jay worked in Thailand 4 years ago. He came here to work for a design company and we just did some lessons for fun. We stopped at some point but received a lot of positive feedback so about 2.5 years ago we decided to do this seriously and make [...]

WLT is Thai blog of the month at Thailand Voice… Paknam Web hosts a massive amount of Thai learning resources, so it is no stranger to me. Just cruise through my post, Learn Thai on the Paknam Web Network, to see what I mean. And Thailand Voice just happens to be a part of the [...]

Learning Thai with translated lakorn videos.. If you are serious about learning Thai, you probably search out every available avenue for getting the rhythm of the language into your heart, your head, down to the tapping of your fingers even. To assist, Thai songs are a great way to go, as are lakorn’s. Dedicated, professional, [...]

Topic: Thailand. Understanding Thailand’s political crisis… During my research for an earlier post, Staying Safe in Thailand: Streetwise Advice + Twitter, Newley Purnell introduced me to his grand new site: Topic: Thailand. Understanding Thailand’s political crisis. Now, I love world history, but I haven’t always been fond of politics (or does my fondness stop at [...]