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Thai 101 Learners Series: When in Rome, Thai Doesn’t Sound the Same
The importance of learning the Thai script… As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big believer in learning the Thai script as a tool for learning the spoken language. Be warned, though, that there’s a major side effect of this learning method: it will improve your accent. Shocking, I know. Why will this improve your accent? [...]
Thai 101 Learners Series: Building a Private Library
Thai 101 and book learning… There’s a whole market for books on how to learn Thai. A given book might promise you that you’ll learn Thai in 24 hours, that you’ll speak like a native – and that you’ll simultaneously cure cancer and world hunger in the process. Chances are, you own at least one [...]
Thai 101 Learners Series: No Need to be Tongue-Thai’d Anymore
Welcome to the Thai 101 Learners Series… It’s easy to start learning a language. You might pick up a few words from friends, memorize a line or two from a phrasebook, even study some grammar. At the same time, it’s easy to get in over your head. And when it comes to mastering a new [...]
