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Thai Language School Review: Baan Aksorn Thai Language School… School: Baan Aksorn Telephone Number: 02-258-5617 or 02-662-3090 Mobile: 084-769-6449 Address: House #40 Sukhumvit Soi 33, Klongton Nua, Watana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Location: Baan Askorn has a PDF that shows exactly how to get to their school either by walking from Phrom Phong BTS or by [...]

A Guide to Thai Grammar Books… Presented here are short introductions to Thai grammar books, both in the English language for foreign learners and Thai language books for Thai school and university students which are also useful for foreign learners with a good Thai reading ability. As these are reference books, not tutorials, they are [...]

Thai Language School Review: Thai Language Station… School: Thai Language Station (TLS) Bangkok Telephone Number: 02-632-9440 Address: Thai Language Station, 62 Thaniya Building 11th floor, Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 How to get there on foot: BTS (Sky Train) Sala Daeng Station Gate No.1 or the MRT (Subway) Silom Station Basic Info: Thai Language [...]

Learning Languages: The art and science of remembering everything… My ability to remember names (people or places) is weak. Unless it’s for a short-term project like a script, my memory just doesn’t go there. So I skip over names whether in books or when meeting new people. Carrying on a conversation without remembering names is [...]

Thai Language School Review: Sumaa Language & Culture Institute… School: Sumaa Language & Culture Institute Telephone Number: Tel. 02-286-0129 Address: Sumaa Language & Culture Institute, 36 Sathorn Soi 1 South Sathorn road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120 Location: Sumaa Language & Culture Institute states that they’re conveniently located not far from the Lumpini MRT Station. But [...]

Thai reading project: learn Thai with SpeedUpTV + AUA Thai… I’ve got some exciting news. I love the AUA Thai language videos. They are great fun as well as packed with Thai vocabulary and phrases to learn. And here’s the exciting news. Awhile back I got a wild hair about reading along with the AUA [...]

Thai Language School Review: PRO Language… Review: PRO Language Website: PRO Language Telephone Number: 02-250-0072 Address: Times Square Building, 10th Floor, 246 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10110 Location: Exit BTS Asok, take the sky bridge into Times Square and then the lift to floor 10. Basic Info: Unless I’m mistaken, PRO Language is a chain [...]

Thai Language School Review: AUA Thai Language Program… Review: AUA Thai Language Program Website: AUA Thai Address: 179 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Thailand 10330 Telephone Number: 02-252-8398 Location: The AUA Thai Department is easily accessible by sky train, bus, and taxi. Regular Buses: 14, 15, 17, 74, 77. Air conditioned Buses: 77, 504, 505. BTS Sky [...]

The Interpreter’s Journal: Studying Foreign Languages… In the hopes that my journey will help those of you learning Thai, I’m sharing tips on studying foreign languages. Btw – If you’ve missed the first two installments you can get them here: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started and Mistakes and Misinterpretations. My leap into learning languages… [...]

Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… In the first installment you read about my beginnings: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started. And now I’ll share a window into what it’s like to be an interpreter. The Interpreter’s Journal: Mistakes and Misinterpretations… When an interpreter is working to convey one person’s words into another language, there are many [...]

Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… Most people know me as an author of Thai and Lao language learning products. But in the United States I also have a flourishing career as a legal and medical Thai and Lao interpreter. And at long last, I’ve put down the story in my latest book, The Interpreter’s Journal. In [...]

Thai Language School Review: Jentana & Associates… Review: Jentana & Associates Website: Thai Lessons by Jentana Telephone Number: 02-260-6139 Address: 5/8 Sukhumvit Road Soi 31, Khlongtoei Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Location: Jentana & Associates is located near the Phrom Phong (Emporium) BTS Station about 700 meters up Soi 39. Currently, Jentana’s main school on Sukhumvit [...]

Reviewing the Thai for Beginners iPhone app… Benjawan from Paiboon Bublishing and Dominique Mayrand (programmer for the Thai for Beginners software version) have done it again with another useful iPhone app for the learning Thai market: Thai for Beginners. Price: US$24.99 Author: Dominique Mayrand ©2010 Benjawan Poomsan Date: Jan 21, 2011 Version: 1.1 Internet connection [...]

Thai Language School Review: Language Express… Review: Language Express (premium Thai language course) Website: Language Express Location: Mahatun Plaza (1 minute from Ploenchit BTS, Exit 2) Telephone Number: 02-675-3915 First off, this is my first single school review on this site (thanx Cat). This review is based solely on Language Express’s premium Thai language course [...]