Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

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Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners…
Name: Celia Chessin-Yudin
Nationality: American
Age range: 20-30
Sex: Female
Location: Mahachai, Samut Sakhon, Thailand
Profession: Working at an NGO
What is your Thai level?
I would say I am at an advanced Thai level. Though not fluent yet.
Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai?
I speak professional Thai as I have [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners…
Name: Stickman
Nationality: New Zealander
Age range: 30-40
Sex: Male
Location: Bangkok
Profession: Teacher
Website: StickmanBangkok.com
What is your Thai level?
I guess I would say I am Advanced. I don’t consider myself fluent because to me that means you can talk about absolutely anything in great detail with anyone. There are a few technical subjects for [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners…
Name: Thomas Lamosse
Nationality: American, Edina, Minnesota
Age range: 30-40
Sex: Male
Location: Bangkok, Chonburi, Edina Minnesota
Profession: Teacher/PhD student-Phonology
Website/blog: Talk-2-Me-Thai
Book/course: Talk-2-me-Thai DVD phrasebook
What is your Thai level?
I will let you decide. I never boast about my language skills.
Do you speak more street Thai, Issaan Thai, or professional Thai?
When I speak Thai, I pay special [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners…
Name: Vern Lovic
Nationality: USA
Age: 43
Sex: Male
Location: Surat, Thailand
Profession: Internet marketing, writing, web development
Website/blog: Thailand eBooks
ThaiPulse.com/blog
JoysThaiFood.com
AimforAwesome.com
YouTube: thaipulsedotcom (160 Thailand videos)
What is your Thai level?
It ranges from comfortable to very uncomfortable. It’s all in how the conversation goes really. There are many topics I know how to talk about, and many more [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners…
Name: Colin Cotterill
Nationality: British
Age range: 50-60
Sex: Male
Location: Chumphon, Thailand
Profession: Writer
Website: Colin cotterill
Blog: International Crime Authors Reality Check
What is your Thai level?
Advanced. I’m not even fluent in English yet.
Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai?
Although I’m living in the south, I stick to central Thai. I get the [...]

Sesame Street comes of age…
This week, on November 10th, Sesame Street turned the big FOUR OH.
My, oh, my, does time fly…
So if you didn’t know Sesame Street as a child, then your brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, or even your own kids did (or are doing so).
But did you know that there [...]

Google Translate takes Babel Fish one step further…
In a previous post – Google Translates Documents and Email Too – we got into a discussion about the possible crowdsourcing aspects built into Google Translate.
Andy said:
Even ten years after Babelfish was first online the quality of these free online translators hasn’t improved much. Even today they can [...]

Susanna Zaraysky and Language is Music…
I’ve read a number of books about learning languages. Some are made up of information that anyone can find on their own with a google or two. Others are written by thoughtful people sharing actual experiences of their own. Susanna is such a thoughtful person and Language is Music is [...]

As you can see from the graphic above, you have have the guts of the crossword at the top, then the Across and Down, and below that are solutions in English. But the solutions are only hints, not answers. To get the answers you need to go to the back of the book, where they [...]

Here we go with quick and dirty…
Don’t you just love free? But before I get to the free Quick & Dirty Thai Vocabulary download, I want to clarify a few things. Mainly, what quick and dirty actually means.
Wiki: The phrase is frequently used in describing any document or tutorial that gives a brief overview about [...]