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Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Stephen Thomas “ไกร” Nationality: British Age range: 40-50 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Actor Web presence: Facebook: Stephen Thomas | Stephen Thomas and People On Wheels What is your Thai level? Intermediate. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai? Probably more street Thai. Professional Thai [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: James Higbie Nationality: American Age range: 60+ Sex: Male Location: Sierra Leone Profession: Work for NGO in Education Development Thai level: Intermediate to Advanced Website: Thai Language / Lao Language Books: From Orchid Press: Thai Reference Grammar, Essential Thai, Let’s Speak Thai, Let’s Speak Lao; From Hippocrene Books: Dictionary [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Mark Hollow Nationality: British Age: mid-30′s Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Formerly an IT project manager, currently just studying. Twitter: @hmmbug What is your Thai level? I can speak reasonably well, although my ability and confidence varies according to the subject but can usually find my way around most [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Marc Spiegel Nationality: American Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Management Website: Linkedin:marcspiegel What is your Thai level? Intermediate. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai? Professional Thai. What were your reasons for learning Thai? I believe that if you are going to live and work [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Daniel B Fraser Nationality: Canadian Age range: 30-40 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok, Thailand Profession: Travel Company Owner, TV Host Web: Smiling Albino, Facebook: Daniel B Fraser , YouTube: Smiling Albino Interview: Bangkok Podcast Thai Language Series: Daniel Fraser What is your Thai level? Combo of Intermediate and Advanced, with [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Rick Bradford Nationality: Australian Age range: 40-50 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Publishing What is your Thai level? Very unbalanced. At some aspects, especially to do with reading and translating, perhaps Advanced; at others, such as round-table conversations, probably still Basic++. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Adam Bradshaw Nationality: American Age: 25 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: English Teacher, entrepreneur Web: YouTube: jadambrad and winkwinkenglish | Twitter: @AjarnAdam | Facebook: ajarnadam Interviews: Bangkok Podcast Adam Bradshaw | The Nation: It’s all in the language for Adam and Aj.Adam Bradshaw What is your Thai level? I [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Fabian Blandford (Phra Piyadhammo) Nationality: British/English Age range: 60 next year Sex: Male Location: Wat SriBunRuang, Fang, Chiangmai Profession: Theravada monk (Army retired) What is your Thai level? I would say Good to advanced. I do not consider myself fluent because I know my tones are not always correct [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Luke Cassady-Dorion Nationality: USA-ian Age range: 34 in May, which, by the Thai way of thinking, means that I start calling myself 34 now Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Artist, Yoga teacher, Student, MC Website: LUKE.org | Goldenland Polyglot | Ok, it’s really not that hard to grok | [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Nils Bastedo Nationality: United States and Sweden Age: 39 Sex: Male Location: Arkansas, USA Profession: Currently a martial arts instructor Website: Lstk Products: Book – Tenses for Thais only in e-format as of today, but I hope for hardcopy versions as soon as questions concerning distribution can be resolved. [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Grace Robinson Thai nickname: Luk Gate, ลูกเกด Nationality: English/British Age: 24 Sex: Female Location: Bangkok Profession: Postgraduate student Website: graceinasia What is your Thai level? I’m not exactly sure, but I’d say it’s around advanced intermediate. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai? I was [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learner: Aaron Le Boutillier… Name: Aaron Le Boutillier Nationality: British Age: 40 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Security Consultant Website: Le Boutillier Group Products: Women’s Self Defense, Hijack Management, Disruptive Passenger Management and Law Enforcement Training What is your Thai level? Intermediate. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Ryan Zander Nationality: American Age range: 30-40 Sex: Male Location: Yokohama, Japan Profession: Teacher, podcast host, app developer Website/blog: thaipod101.com, Nagaraja Rivers Products: Thai language learning podcasts at thaipod101.com, Reading Thai and Read Thai Alphabet iPhone apps What is your Thai level? I’ll say “conversational”. My vocabulary is still [...]
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Joe Cummings Nationality: American Sex: Male Location: Bangkok and Chiang Mai Profession: Editor/writer/musician Website: www.joecummings.com What is your Thai level? On a 5-point oral proficiency scale, I’d rate 4.5 (near-native). I manage academic reading just fine, and write well enough for emails, notes, etc, but not at an academic [...]