Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

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Are some languages seriously harder than others… or… According to the graphic below, for English speakers Thai is in the medium range of difficulties at 44 weeks. The hardest languages to learn are double that at 88 weeks. And apparently it takes a mere 23-24 weeks to learn Italian. But seriously, I believe they have [...]

Thai sunflowers don’t follow, they resist the sun… When running around Thailand with K.Pi and K.Ph, a small event will often take over our conversation. As I’m interested in learning about all things Thai, it usually involves a mix of Thai culture, history, and language. In our field before the perfect field adventure, this time [...]

The Top 100 Language Learning Blogs… Earlier, I shared my favourite blogs amongst Lexiophiles Top 100 Language Blogs for 2008. In July, WLT was included in the 2009 voting for Lexiophiles Top 100 Language Blogs. WLT is new so I was more than a bit nervous about the whole deal. But, with your support, I [...]

The power of learning languages… Before I start the interview, I’d like to share a quote Myke has in the prefaces of The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast. “He who learns another language earns another soul” When I first read the quote, my heart glowed. And then I grinned. Wow. Now, just [...]

Monday morning Thai lessons… Today, along with my giddy attempt at Thai typing, I sidetracked my Thai teacher with a hilarious commercial all in Thai. My Thai teacher, now resigned to my habit of derailing her well laid lesson plans, quite enjoyed this morning’s detour into not quite cultured Thai humour. I know because she [...]

AJ the Effortless language student… AJ from the Effortless English Club – an online English language course – flew to Bangkok at the end of December to put his language learning system to the test. Only this time the language is Thai, not English. And this time, one of his top students (Jan) will be [...]