Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

Adam Bradshaw is well-known amongst Thais and intermediate Thai language students for his insightful English language videos on YouTube. And now Adam is now teaching Thai. Excellent. Most Thai learners know me as an English teacher because most of my material on the Internet is made for Thais learning English. However, many intermediate/advanced Thai learners [...]

Free Thai learning materials… I’m a Thai language resource junkie so was chuffed when Remi pointed me to the Thai language resources at Everyday Thai Language School. Thanks Remi! I owe. Everyday Thai Language School’s FREE online resources… Everyday Thai Language School’s Free Thai language study aids are in four main groups covering beginner to [...]

Saying adieu to Bangkok Podcast… Yup. A shocker-roonie. The wonderful Thai language resource Bangkok Podcast is closing its doors (for now). But even though Bangkok Podcast will not be updated in the near future, it will continue to be available for students of Thai. And that’s a good thing from my end, because I haven’t [...]

James Higbie’s Essential Thai has arrived in Bangkok… At long last, Jim’s Essential Thai has hit the bookshelves at Orchid’s Bookshop in Bangkok. You can purchase Essential Thai online from Orchid Press or stop by their bookstore on the 4th floor of the Silom Complex Shopping Plaza. Oh. And I asked at Kinokuniya’s too – [...]

Google Translate, the challenge… In 2009 I ran two sets of Thai phrases through Google Translate. One I shared and one I kept to myself. Here’s the first set: 2009: The First Google Translate Challenge. In 2010 I reran both sets of Thai phrases through Google Translate. I also created another set to keep to [...]

Giveaway: Reading Thai + Reading Thai Words and Sentences… This giveaway is not going how I’d planned. Apologies, but getting sick right after landing back in Thailand totally messed up my intentions. So I now need to be creative or these free codes will be lost forever. That’s right. Promotional codes have an expiration date [...]

The EIGHT winners of the Thai for Beginners iPad iPhone iPod App… When I announced this draw there were six free apps. And now there are eight. We have Benjawan Becker from Paiboon Publishing to thank for both treats (and more). Thanks Benjawan, I know there will be many happy Thai language learners after this [...]

The Thai for Beginners iPad iPhone iPod App: Six Apps to Win… I just love giving away free apps. This is my second Thai for Beginners app giveaway. You can read about the first giveaway (review included) here: Thai for Beginners iPhone App: Four Apps to Win. As you can see, I was hoping the [...]

Doraemon Comics in Thai… In the last Successful Thai Language Learner’s interview, Rick Bradford’s mention of reading Doraemon Comics in Thai go me interested so I contacted him for more: The Doraemon comics are a good way to get a first foot on the ladder of reading Thai. They’re aimed at children, so the vocabulary [...]

Learning Thai via the iPad… Like a gazillion other people I bought an iPad 2 as soon as they reached Thailand. Since my purchase I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with my new toy. Apologies Scott! But I seriously intend to. Just as soon as I can clear room (which will [...]

Read More THAI or Die… Andrej from Bakunin learns Thai recently reminded me that the registration for the Tadoku challenge, Read More or Die, is now open for July. From Read More or Die… The three basic Tadoku principles: Read without using a dictionary. If you can’t read it without using a dictionary, read something [...]

Who’s talking about learning Thai… The results for the Top 25 Language Learning Blogs 2011 and the Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 are in. Thank you for your support everyone. I’m surprised where I placed but you won’t hear any quibbling from me! And I promise to keep up the pace. WLT’s generous contributors … [...]

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e-learning at Sriwittayapaknam… I’ve mentioned the Thai study materials found at e-learning at Sriwittayapaknam School (dekgeng.com) in forums, comments on WLT, and in the Learn Thai for FREE section. But it wasn’t until I sent the url to Josh that I noticed the lack of a dedicated post. And as it’s a fabulous resource for [...]