Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Place Names
I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to … Read more
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I find that place names in Thai are quite difficult to remember. Well, I should say that I find names of any kind difficult to … Read more
Have you ever seen those brilliant kids in the national spelling bees? When given a word to spell, the first thing they ask for is … Read more
Isaan is a catch phrase for Lao varieties spoken by about 20 million people in North-Eastern Thailand. These languages are closer to Lao than to … Read more
The First Fifty Successful Thai Language Learners… Well, that’s a wrap. For now anyway. Below are the first 50 interviews in the Successful Thai Language … Read more
What advice would you give to students of the Thai language?… This has got to be my favourite question in this series. As the advice … Read more
What is the biggest misconception for students learning Thai?… Out of the 50, 22 focused on tones and pronunciation. But there’s a mixed bag. Some … Read more
Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai?… Out of the 50 interviewed, 26 speak professional Thai, 14 speak street Thai, five … Read more
What are your strengths and weaknesses?… It’s been said that if you are aware of both your strengths and weaknesses with learning languages you can … Read more
Going Head to Head in Bangkok.. This is exciting stuff. Lately I’ve been tweeting from @ThaiLanguageRes about a Learn Thai Challenge driven by Olly Richards … Read more
I started studying English while in primary school in Italy, then moved to London in June 2007. By then I’d been studying English for about … Read more
This is a recurring problem that I hear from many learners of Thai. I put this clip together to hopefully help Thais who are working … Read more
The discussion of how I learn Thai is something that is kind of difficult for me to pull together. Usually, it ends up sounding really … Read more