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FREE Thai language learning resources…
Here it is, finally, the mother of all FREE Thai resources.
(The page is updated weekly, so be sure to check back often)
Free online Thai courses…
Assimil Thai
The original Assimil Thai has transliteration only. This online course has Thai script, transliteration, and sound files in French and Thai.
AUA: Learn Thai Language Videos
The complete set of AUA’s ALG videos.
Book2 English – Thai For Beginners: A Book In 2 Languages
The online files for the book, Book2 English – Thai For Beginners. Download the sound files here.
Everyday Thai Language school: Learning materials
Online flashcards, quizes, lessons created from the FSI materials, sound included.
fsi-language-courses.org
Safety site (backup) for fsi-language-courses.com. Pdf and mp3 downloads.
FSI Thai Basic Course
Thai language course developed by the Foreign Service Institute. Pdf and mp3 downloads.
Thai Language Wiki
Updated FSI Thai materials (a work in progress).
FSI: Noss Thai Grammar
A greatly revised and expanded version of his dissertation, ‘An Outline of Siamese Grammar’. This is the same download found at the fsi-language-courses.org but the FSI materials are easier to access. Free Download.
FSI Intermediate Course
FSI workbook (lessons 1-80) with supplementary exercises for the Thai Basic Course. Pdf download.
FSI Thai Basic Reader
FSI supplementary textbook for self-study. Pdf download.
GLOSS online language lessons
Reading and listening lessons taken from articles, TV, radio, etc.
karn.tv
Educational materials for kids.
Langhub.com
The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Thailand, travelers to Thailand, those doing business in Thailand, and those who are simply learning the language. Mp3 audio and mp4 video downloads.
Learning Thai 101
Learn the Thai writing system via the AUA Thai Course Reading Book. Produced by the Thai Language Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Includes pdfs and sound.
Learning Thai 101 with unit exercises
These are the same materials, different url.
Lingopolo.com
A 100% aural based series of flashcards which automatically adjust to your level.
Restricted (but I have it)
Peacecorps.gov
Basic introduction to Thai language in 13 lessons. Pdf and mp3 downloads.
SEAsite
Supported by Northern Illinois University, this site is slightly old-fashioned but well worth the time it takes to dig into all the various nooks and crannies. Suggestion: read the site guide. Includes sound.
Spoken Thai
Spoken Thai has been adapted from the book of the same name authored by Mary R. Haas and Heng R. Subhanka. 30 lessons, includes sound.
TCU Open Courseware
Created by Chiangmai University, with a Creative Commons license. It is an excellent online course for the Thai beginner. Includes activities, animation, sound and pdf downloads.
Teachthai.com
Interactive Thai language e-Learning course covering the basics of Thai. Flash based, includes sound. Hosted by the Department of Non-formal Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand.
Thai Basic Reader
This is a fabulous course. I don’t know how I missed adding it until now because I reviewed it here: Free Online Thai Readers.
Thai Language Textbook for Foreigner©
The Fundamentals of the Thai Language
Thai course with 26 lessons. By Stuart Campbell and Chuan Shaweevongs (Fifth Edition, not under copyright). No sound.
The Thai System of Writing
This book is designed to be used with the Thai Reader and the Thai Vocabulary. It can also be downloaded here. By Mary Haas.
Free online Thai mini lessons…
DLI FLC: Field Support Modules
For a conflict situation… Pdf and mp3 downloads.
elearning with Sriwittayapaknam School
Thai only. If you can’t read the Thai script, click on the icons.
GenkiThai.com
Learn Thai online with simple games.
Learn Thai Language
400 + short lessons sponsored by Thai Language Hut
Learn Thai Online
101 Languages has an overview of the Thai language.
Learn to read Thai Tutorials
By Phil at Phil.UK.Net. Also beneficial are the notes detailing his first Thai lessons.
Reading Thai Signs
Learn to read Thai via photos of signs. Includes sound.
slice-of-thai.com
Excellent resource with Thai consonant / vowel flashcards, printable flashcards for the Thai consonants and vowels, consonant shape learning aid, chart of the 44 Thai consonants arranged by similar shape, voice viewer, the five tones of the Thai language, the consonant sounds of Thai, the vowel sounds of Thai, pronunciation guide systems for Thai.
Smart.fm
Community site with SRS capabilities.
Speak Real Thai
Lessons cover greetings, how to wai, how to make a suggestion politely, giving a snappy retort, how much money to give a beggar, dialects.
SurvivalThai.com
Ten basic lessons for speaking Thai. Thai transliteration only, no Thai script or sound.
ThaiARC
Thai alphabet and phrases (with sound). Articles on the Thai language.
Thai for lovers
Basic Thai for relationships. Touches on apologies, writing letters, love poems, etc.
Thai Language Games
Interactive game to learn Thai numbers, colours, fruits and vegetables.
Thai Language Hut
200+ YouTube videos created by Thai Language Hut.
Thai Language Starter
Use mnemonics to get a handle on a handful of Thai words.
Thai Newspaper Headlines
Learn how to read Thai newspapers in the Paknam Web Thailand Forums.
ThaiNumbers
Learn Thai numbers with sound. Windows exe download.
Thai study aids from Benjawan Becker: Thai For Beginners, Thai for Intermediate,Thai for Advanced Readers.
Talk Thai
A language learning system using association and transliteration. No Thai script or sound.
World Nomads – Free Travellers Language Guide
Thai iPod language guide. Thai language guide app for iPhone & iPod touch. Pdf and Mp3 downloads.
Thai Language cheat sheets and free downloads…
WLT Review: Thai Language Cheat Sheets
Indic Script Consonant Compass v1.0 – Southeast Asian Version (Pdf download 636 kb)
Thai Consonant Map – Phonetic Map of the Human Mouth (Pdf download 948 kb)
In Stu’s post, Jazz Lessons on Language – Improvisation 101 – Stuart Jay Raj’s Indic Script Compass, there are two cheat sheets mentioned. One (Indic Script Consonant Compass) you can download from his post. The other (Thai Consonant Map) is on WLT until further notice. (Thanks Stu)
Peace Corps Northern Thai word list (1986) pdf download.
(Thanks twitter: @thai_idioms)
Thai Consonant Sounds cheat sheet (Pdf download 41 kb)
Tod Daniel’s cheat sheet to study the initial and ending sounds of the Thai alphabet. (Thanks Tod)
Thai Language Cheat Sheet A4 (Pdf download 124 kb)
Thai Language Cheat Sheet Letter (Pdf download 124 kb)
This intensive and well-researched cheat sheet includes classes, tone marks, clusters, symbols, final consonants and more (beginners will need keep a grammar book handy). English, transliteration and Thai script (thanks NguuMuu).
Thai script card, 1000 Word List, and the Book of Remembrance
Ben Crowder from Riverglen Press has three downloads on his site. The last two are for the religious minded, the Thai script card is for everyone.
Thai Building Terms (Excel download 38 kb)
This handy sheet covers ceilings, foundations and footings, windows and doors, electricity and bathrooms (thanks Andy).
English-Thai housing/shop rental contract
Download a free, bilingual English-Thai housing/shop rental contract to use to rent from a Thai landlord.
Thai consonant and vowel flashcard
From slice-of-thai.com, these flash cards solve the transliteration dilemma by leaving the choice up to you.
Thai Word Lists
Includes almost 5000 Thai words with translations. While there, download the ThaiReadingWritingSummary.pdf from the about page.
Free Thai lessons from pay sites…
BYKI: Before You Know It
Software which includes a collection of lists to learn Thai. Download software with sound.
EuroTalk – Learn Thai for FREE
This is an online taster of what to expect from EuroTalk products.
ITS4Thai
Conversation course (400 Thai words with sentences), 5 lesson vocabulary course (50 Thai words), and the first 3 lessons free for their Thai script course. Online course.
L-lingo
L-Lingo Thai uses content from their language learning application L-Ceps Personaltrainer Thai.
Thai Language Hut
Thai exercises, phrases and vocab at Learn Thai Free.
Learn Thai Podcasts
Blog style Thai Language lessons with video and audio. Pdf, mp3 audio and mp4 video downloads.
L-Ceps Personaltrainer Thai Language Learning Software
A few Thai audio-clips from the L-Ceps software.
Thai Flashcards
Using a flashcard system, you can go with either a free or premium account.
Top Thai language learning websites…
Learning Thai the Easy Way
Extensive resource for learning the Thai language: Forums, Thai alphabet, Thai script, read Thai, grammar notes, listening resources, reading resources, Thai road signs, short stories, study aids, games and quizzes, exams, your name in Thai, and much much more (check out their free Thai resources page). This is also the home of Read with Manee.
Learn to Speak Like a Thai
Video and audio clips to help you speak like a Thai. Mp3 downloads.
thai-language.com
Internet resource for learning the Thai language: Lessons, forums, dictionary with an excellent search criteria, and Thai language reference.
Google Books…
WLT Review: Google Books: Thai Learning Resources
The resources for Google Books grew too large for this page so I’ve moved them to a dedicated post on WLT.
An Elementary Hand-book of the Siamese Language
This book is online in full (out of copyright) By Basil Osborn Cartwright (1906).
English-Thai Thai-English dictionaries…
WLT Review: Thai Translation: Google Translation & Thai Dictionaries
English to Thai Dictionary Online
Contains more than 83,000 English words and phrases translated into Thai. Community forum with live chat, online Thai keyboard.
Glosbe: English Thai Dictionary online
Glosbe has translations and examples of usage.
Lingopolo English-Thai audio dictionary
A small dictionary with recordings of all words.
Longdo
A serious English-Thai, Japanese-Thai, German-Thai, French-Thai dictionary.
Royal Institute Dictionary
Official dictionary of the Thai language.
Sanook Online Dictionary
Online Thai dictionary and word search.
SEAlang Library Thai Dictionary Resources
Based on data developed by the Mary Haas Thai Dictionary Project.
SiamDic.com
Thai – English Dictionary Online.
thai2english.com
Handy dictionary with a whole lot more as it’s designed to assist in learning the Thai language, as well as translating from Thai to English.
Thai Dictionary at seasite.niu.edu
thai-language.com Dictionary
Dictionary of over 36001 Thai words and phrases with English definitions, and 13146 audio clips.
TNC: Thai National Corpus
Database of 14m words from books, newspapers, legal and other sources with part-of-speech tagging for comparing word usage.
English-Thai Thai-English dictionary software downloads…
HighLight Dictionary
English-Thai – Thai-English dictionary for Windows.
LEXiTRON 2.6 Bilingual Thai-English dictionary
Thai <-> English dictionary produced by the National Computer and Electronics Center, Thailand (NECTEC). Hosted by Bangkok Library.
English-Thai Vocabulary
From Fundamentals of the Thai Language, it includes around 2600 words used in the course as well as others in common use.
Tamilcube.com: English-Thai Thai-English
This is a single search dictionary (one word, not sentences)
Google Translate
Google Translate for Thai-English and English-Thai.
Picture dictionary
This is quite the helpful dictionary (and there is no transliteration to get in your way).
Thai Dictionary in Excel
Excel download.
Thai-language.com: Dictionary
Online dictionary at one of the best language sites on the internet. You can search via single word or sentence.
Thai2English.com
If you need transliteration for a sentence or paragraph, this site is the easiest to use. The tone markers might not be 100% correct, but it saves a ton of time so I used it on WLT.
You Translate
Community driven translation for all languages.
Learn the Thai alphabet…
Dave’s BangkokMac online Flashcards: Consonants, Vowels and Numbers.
e-Learning at Sriwittayapoknam
Learning the Thai Alphabet: Thai Alphabet (a), Thai Alphabet (b), Thai Alphabet Test.
Pronunciation: Lesson One, Lesson Two, Lesson Three, Lesson Four.
Thai alphabet: Consonants 1 and Consonants 2 and Vowels
This is a part of the learn read Thai section at learningthai.com.
Alphabet poster
Old Thai alphabet poster at pinterest.com.
Lingopolo’s alphabet audio quizzes: basic 8 vowels, intermediate 8 vowels, vowels, alphabet objects, alphabet consonants.
Vintage Thai alphabet set
I’m a softy for antique art and this Thai alphabet set is a keeper.
Thai tones and pronunciation…
Thai Tone Test
A simple Thai tone test. It can be accessed from your smartphone (excellent for testing yourself from speeding taxis).
Thai Tone Quiz
A small quiz from thaitones.com.
Thai Tones Teaching Online
This Thai tone teaching site has sound files, exercises, quizes, the lot. I haven’t spent much time on it – yet – I’ll review it in full later.
Thai pronunciation guide – Forvo
Crowdsourcing site where you can add words (record and upload), pronounce, listen & learn.
YouTube and video Thai language…
WLT Review: Thai Alphabet Song
ALGworld’s YouTube Channel
You can also get the ALG videos on the site at: Learn Thai Language Videos
Automatic Language Growth (ALG), is a language learning method. Ditto with AUA in Bangkok.
Google Doc: Thai TV shows (and other videos)
This is a growing list of Thai TV shows compiled by Josh from Sweet and Coolbeanss.
Gwindarr’s YouTube Channel
The scripts for this channel can be found at Learn Thai from a White Guy.
Langhub’s YouTube channel
Mp3 audio and mp4 video files for learners of the Thai language.
Learn Thai Podcasts YouTube channel
The free podcasts from Learn Thai Podcast.
Learn Thai Video
A growing collection of the various YouTube Thai language videos out there.
Paiboon Publishing’s YouTube channel
The YouTube home of Benjawan Poomsan Becker (Thai for Beginners, Thai for Intermediate, etc…)
Pick Up Thai’s YouTube Channel
More lessons can be found on her website: Pick Up Thai
Stuart Jay Raj’s YouTube Channel
Polyglot Stu from Behind the Curtain. While there, be sure to check out his new Thai TV Show เหนือชั้น 1000 แปลก.
Thai Alphabet Cartoon
Translated into English by WLT at Thai Alphabet Cartoon (taking out most of the rude parts ;-).
thaiguysabu’s YouTube channel
Thai-American John makes his way through learning the Thai language. It’s a learning process as he doesn’t get it quite right in the beginning.
Thailand Youtube Videos
A large collection of videos placed on Youtube. Some with English captions.
Thai Language Lessons: Understanding Haw Heep
For more, check out ashoka10′s YouTube channel.
YouTube Thai collection
Hilarious YouTube list from seasite.niu.edu.
vincentvandervaere’s YouTube channel
So far he has How to Read Thai Part 1 and How to Read Thai Part 2.
Thai videos with subtitles…
Crunchyroll.com
Do a search for ‘Thai’ to find the videos.
Thai Video Transcripts
Gifted from Rikker of Thai 101.
Online Thai radio and tv stations…
BBCthai.com
The BBC in Thai.
ChannelChooser – Thailand
Watch your favorite television shows and videos direct on your screen.
Internet TV broadcasts
Streams only, 26 channels.
Thai Radio
Mister Kwai’s list of online Thai radio stations.
VOA News – Voice of America Thai
VOA broadcasts news, information, educational, and cultural programming. Mp3 downloads.
Krobkruakao.com
Like VOA, this news site has the video with the matching Thai in script.
Online Thai audio…
Changkhui.Com | ช่างคุย
A Thai Podcast Channel
Learn to Speak Like a Thai
A second posting, sure, but as it is a great resource… on the far right you’ll find a drop-down for Thai radio.
NHK World Thai
Thai radio in Japan.
Spoken Thai MP3s
Free Thai downloads at the Paknam Web Thailand Forums.
ThaiARC: Thai Language Audio Resource Center
Various styles of Thai speech: royal speeches, academic lectures, oral literature. Thai script and audio.
Thai School Podcasts
Weekly podcasts recorded by the students from Sriwittayapaknam School.
thaicr.org
Thai Community Radio. Mp3 downloads.
Thai listening and reading…
Learning From News > Learning Thai from Post Today
Each post has a short article in Thai and English, with audio for both. You can read along with the audio online, or copy everything to your computer to study at a later time.
WLT Review: Learn Thai from the Bangkok Post
Self Study Thai
Using articles from VOA (Voice of America) Self Study Thai has Thai audio, transcripts, English translations and flashcards.
Thai Recordings
Five minute audio clips with transcripts covering a variety of topics for intermediate learners of Thai.
WLT Review: Thairecordings.com: Audio Clips for Intermediate Learners
Thai music and language learning sites…
Learn Thai from Songs
Practice reading seven songs. Each song is accompanied by culture notes, grammar notes and explanation.
Thai Music, Thai Lyrics and Thai Songs
For people who want to learn Thai through music. Some songs have been translated into English.
Top 10 Thai Music Charts
New Thai songs are added each week. You can read the lyrics in Thai, or in Roman letters if you cannot read Thai. Many of the songs have been translated into English.
Online Thai readers…
WLT Review: Thai-English Readers with Mp3s
Advanced Thai Reading and Vocabulary Building
Hugh Long from www.retire2thailand.com generously released three free pdf downloads, which includes a vocabulary list to go with it.
dungtrin.com
Thai Literature audio books. Pdf and mp3s downloads.
Faylicity
English language poems with Thai translations
Gor’s World
Stories from a Thai teenager in both Thai script and English.
Languages on the Web
Daisy Stories: Night Watch, A Nice Little Trip, The Bookworm, Daisy Macbeth.
Manii Readers
Manii Reader 1 and 2, as well as online vocabulary tests. It’s old and clunky, but it is there if you need it. Pdf and mp3 downloads.
Mary Haas Thai Reader
Suitable for intermediate Thai learners. Includes sound and interactive exercises.
M.R. Seni Pramoj
Interpretative Translations of Thai Poets, Thai-to-English Translation Portfolio and English-to-Thai Translations.
Read Thai with Manee and Friends
A modern Manee (Manii) reader at LearningThai.com. Included are 22 lessons with sound, a vocabulary list, flashcards, tests and more tests.
Resources on Thai word origin and usage.
Rikker from Thai 101 points us to these online jewels for the advanced Thai reader.
SEAlang Lab: Just Read
The motherload of online Thai-English reading. Sounds are lacking for whole paragraphs, but when you click on individual words the search takes you to a dictionary with sound and video. Be sure to check out the SEAlang Archives while you are there.
Readers on SEAsite:
Short Story
Poetry
Suphawut.com: Bilingual Translations Zone
Translated Thai songs, poetry/poems and assorted texts.
Tales from Thai Childhood
Select either the Thai or English version here. Includes lullabies and sound (songs from Thailand). There is background music but you can opt to turn it off (it is difficult to hear the songs over the music).
Thai Audio Books
Talking books written and recorded by students from Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan.
Thai Basic Reader
The lexical range represented in the early lessons is approximately that of lessons 1 through 50 in the Thai series prepared for A.U.A.
Thai Fiction in Translation
Translated modern Thai literature, by Marcel Barang.
Thai On-Line Library – Bitext Corpus
Thai and (mostly) English parallel translations.
Thai Reader Project
By the University of Wisconsin at Madison. There are two readers with 76 lessons. Volume I is for beginners up to high readers, Volume II is for intermediate to advanced readers. Includes pdf downloads.
Translating newspaper English to Thai
This section of the Bangkok Post is no longer updated but the resource is there for now.
And don’t forget the Thai Language Wikipedia
Reading a foreign language is usually more interesting when reading a subject you enjoy.
The Thai Bible
This Biblica translation of the Bible is for the Thai language, which is primarily used in Thailand. This translation uses a semi-formal language style and applies a mixed translation philosophy. It is translated from the biblical languages and the New Testament was completed in 1999.
Typing in Thai software and online keyboards…
WLT Review: Thai Typing Tutors: aTypeTrainer4Mac
aTypeTrainer4Mac
A fantastic multilingual typing tutor for the Mac.
Mister Kwai – Virtual Thai Keyboard
Note: check out the Thai-English-Thai dictionary (editable), along with the quizz generator (uses the dictionary).
PPA Thai Keyboard
Virtual Thai Keyboard.
QWERTYTHAI: Type Thai Like A Native
QWERTYThai™ rearranges the Thai keys to follow along with your English keyboard. It’s not exact (not possible) but it’s close enough.
Thai Notes
Thai Notes has a Thai typing trainer, Thai speed trainer, custom speed trainer, Thai typing game, flashcard game, IPA typing tool and Thai typing tool.
Thai Typing Trainer
Browser based typing trainer.
Thai Typing Tutor Game
By Josh Sager, hosted on thai-language.com.
Type in Thai: Free online Thai typing tutor
Type in Thai offers an interesting way to improve your typing skills. First you practice by typing out the different Thai phrases. Then, when you feel you are ready, you can move on to the challenges.
Virtual Thai Keyboard
Simple online Thai keyboard for learning the Thai language.
Visual Thai Keyboard
If your keyboard does not support typing in Thai, the Virtual Thai keyboard can help.
Typing in Thai advice…
Mnemonics for the Kedmanee Keyboard
Logic for learning the Thai keyboard.
Thai Typing – The Key to A Hidden World
Tips on typing in Thai from Stuart Jay Raj.
Typing with Non-English Keyboards
Advice for typing in a foreign language.
Thai fonts…
f0nt.com
Free Thai fonts to download.
Language forums with Thai learners…
How To Learn Any Language: Forum
Online polyglot community for self teaching many languages; Thai included. Be sure to check out Learning Languages and the Learn Any Language Wiki (gleaned from how-to-learn-any-language.com).
Learning Thai
Paknam Web Thailand Forums.
Learning Thai forum
Forum sections for beginners and intermediate, Thai grammar, Thai songs translated. Hundreds of mp3 files to download.
thai-language.com Message Board
Forum for thai-language.com.
Thai Visa Thai Language Forum
A decent mix of beginning to advanced Thai learners.
UniLang Language Forum
UniLang Thai community for learning the Thai language.
Online language exchange partners with Thai learners…
Conversation Exchange
Through ConversationExchange.com you can have three types of language exchange: Face to face conversation, correspondence (pen-pal), text and voice chat.
expatriates.com
International language exchange.
FriendsAbroad.com
Language learning network.
italki.com
A social network and online resource for learning foreign languages.
Lang-8
You write in the language you are studying, native speakers correct your entries, you correct theirs.
Language Tandem
Learning in tandem means you exchange your language with an other person, who maybe lives in the other part of the world and speaks an other language.
Learn to Speak Thai
Language exchange via email, text chat and voice chat.
Livemocha
Learn at your own pace, connect with foreign language partners around the world.
My Happy Planet
Learn & practice languages with partners around the world.
palabea.net:
Thai online language learning.
Phrasebase Foreign Language Learning
Conversational foreign language learning social network.
Shared talk
Language exchange community.
soZiety
Language exchange via Skype.
The MIXXER
A language exchange community for everyone.
UniLang Community
An online site where people interested in languages can unite, openly discuss, and find resources related to language(s). UniLang has a Thai forum available.
Verbal Planet
Verbalplanet.com is a an online language learning platform that brings language teachers and students together using Skype internet telephony.
VoxSwap
The social network for learning languages.
About the Thai language…
60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet
Brief overview of the Thai language (consonants, vowels, reading, writing, etc) in the left nav.
Ancient Scripts: Thai
History of the Thai script.
Basic Concept of Thai Language
Posted by the University of Electro-Communications.
Royal Thai General System of Transcription
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Royal Thai Consulate General
Basic sentences using Thai script and transliteration.
So you want to speak Thai?
How and why to learn Thai.
SpeakingThai.com
A brief site on the Thai language. Includes sound.
Omniglot: Thai language, alphabet and pronunciation
An outline of the Thai language.
Thai Language
Thai language schools, dictionary, words and other resources about Thai.
Thai language
Outline of the Thai language from the ESL Teachers Board.
Thai Language
Outline of the Thai language and grammar (referencing Wikipedia).
Teaching Thai Tone Rules — Walaiporn Tantitkanangkul (aka Uan)
This is an excellent resource for learning the tone rules (Note: need to move it elsewhere).
The Royal Institute – Thailand
UCLA Language Materials Project: Language Profile
A brief overview of Thailand and the Thai language.
Msc Thai Language Resources…
Clay’s Kitchen: Thai Food Glossary
Food normally used in Thai cooking. Photos, transliteration and Thai script.
horhook.com
Children’s site with animation. I need to poke around more…
Plant Names
Multilingual, multi-script plant name database.
Reading Thai Signs
Reading from Signs is part of a mini-grant project for Less Commonly Taught Languages at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota.
Resources in and about the Thai language
An extensive list of papers, books, and Thai courses.
Royal Institute Classifiers
(From Rikkr, in Thai)
Thai Vocabulary
2107 Thai words with their language source (where applicable).
WikiBooks: Thai/Adding vocabulary with word association
A growing list of Thai words that are similar to English words.
WikiBooks: Thai/Writing lessons plan
Same concept as above, only with Thai letters (Quote: the goal is to introduce letters one by one so as not to overwhelm the student).
Thai Bumper Stickers
Thai Lexicography resources (maintained by Doug Cooper).
Thai Language
Thai characters, writing in Thai, vowels, tones, grammar and spelling. Includes sound.
Thai language guide
Simple explanation on stringing Thai sentences together.
Thai Names & Meanings
The meaning of boy and girl names at Parents Connect.
Wikipedia: Farang
Origins of farang.
Wikipedia: Thai alphabet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Wikipedia: Thai phrasebook
From Wikitravel.
Wikipedia: Thai proverbs
From Wikiquote.
Wikipedia: Thai six-hour clock
Thai vegetables
Photos and transliteration for a range of Thai vegetables.
Your name in Thai
Enter your name in English to get your name in Thai.
SRS (Flash Cards) software…
WLT Review: Byki Thai Language Course
Anki
A friendly, intelligent spaced learning system. For Windows, Mac and Linux.
Before You Know It
Free and paid software bundle (includes Thai). For Windows and Mac.
Memorize
A free open-source Java application that manages your learning processes by using flashcards and the famous Leitner system. For Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pauker – Flash Card Learning
Uses a combination of ultra-shortterm, shortterm, and longterm memory. You can use it to learn all the things efficiently you never want to forget, like vocabulary, capitals, important dates, etc. For Windows, Mac, Linux and more.
ProVoc
Free vocabulary trainer for Mac OS X.
Qedoc Quiz Player
A desktop application for playing quizzes created with the Qedoc Quiz Maker. The desktop application is available as freeware. Use with Thai Vocabulary 1 and 2.
The Mnemosyne Project
A sophisticated flash-card tool to optimize your learning process, as well as a research project into the nature of long-term memory. For Windows, Mac and Linux.
SRS (Flash Cards) online flash cards…
FlashcardDB (Blog)
Online flashcards with spaced repetition.
Flashcards Exchange
The world’s largest library of printable flash cards.
Study Stack
Find a stack or create your own.
Quizlet
Quizlet helps you learn vocabulary. You make a list of words, we teach them to you.
SRS (Flash Cards) resources…
Consonants
Flash cards from Dave’s BangkokMac.com…
English-Thai Vocabulary Quizzes
Quizzes to help you learn and review vocabulary.
Free Thai Script Phrase Cards
Thai phrases to print out (travel related subjects).
Learningthai.com: Thai Language
Exercises and flashcards.
Learn Thai the easy way!
Language games, lists and vocabulary practice.
Using Word lists
Advice on using words lists.
SRS 10000 sentences…
10,000 Sentences
How it works.
10,000 Sentences
Input Before Output.
10,000 Sentences
Resource from Learn Any Language.
10,000 Sentences
Answers to questions about 10,000 sentences.
Articles on learning Thai…
Learning Thai with a Palm Pilot, a PC and a `kroo’
…and a compulsive, obsessive personality.
Rules for Transcribing English Words (into Thai)
The Royal Institute has recognized the importance of adopting foreign words such as names and specialized scientific terms into the Thai language.
Speak Thai in 10 Days
How to be conversational in Thai (hmmm…)
Thai Culture in Language
By Peansiri Vongvipanond, presented to a workshop of teachers of social science organized by the University of New Orleans.
The most effective way to learn Thai (or any language)
Squidoo tips on learning Thai, by the Lanta International Language School.
Please contact me with free Thai language learning resources.
