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Adam Bradshaw is well-known amongst Thais and intermediate Thai language students for his insightful English language videos on YouTube. And now Adam is now teaching Thai. Excellent. Most Thai learners know me as an English teacher because most of my material on the Internet is made for Thais learning English. However, many intermediate/advanced Thai learners [...]

Free Thai learning materials… I’m a Thai language resource junkie so was chuffed when Remi pointed me to the Thai language resources at Everyday Thai Language School. Thanks Remi! I owe. Everyday Thai Language School’s FREE online resources… Everyday Thai Language School’s Free Thai language study aids are in four main groups covering beginner to [...]

Thai Language School Review: Thai Language Station… School: Thai Language Station (TLS) Bangkok Telephone Number: 02-632-9440 Address: Thai Language Station, 62 Thaniya Building 11th floor, Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 How to get there on foot: BTS (Sky Train) Sala Daeng Station Gate No.1 or the MRT (Subway) Silom Station Basic Info: Thai Language [...]

Thai golf vocabulary words and their stories… I have always been active in sports. I’ve played college basketball, was on a championship softball team, ran marathons, climbed mountains and got a black belt in karate. And I have never done anything so difficult as to play golf. The game of golf is difficult enough to [...]

Smart Drugs and Language Learning… Smart Drugs. Yes. And with the recent news about Thailand clamping down on rock star Sek Loso’s drug habit, DRUGS being supported on a Thai language site might come as a surprise. But here’s the thing. It’s no secret that my main aim is to find the best methods and [...]

Patterns showing verb tenses in Thai… Verb wrappers (aka verb patterns) show how Thai verbs can be used in different tenses. The verbs themselves don’t change, but their ‘wrappers’ do. In the following patterns the verb can be substituted with the Thai verbs listed. The subject can be most nouns, names, and personal pronouns. These [...]

Outing the Energy – Thai Learning Techniques… As I promised last time, today I want to share exercises I use to improve my reading and writing. If you haven’t gotten around to studying reading and writing yet I know exactly how you feel. I went for about 20 years thinking that simply speaking Thai was [...]

Thailand has 50 million blue whales flooding Bangkok… Obviously, there are not 50 million blue whales flooding Bangkok. Not even one. And the flood is not only about Bangkok. But as bonkers as 50 million whales flooding Bangkok sounds, the contradicting flood information bombarding us daily seems just as wacky. Anyway. This post is for [...]

Basic Thai flood phrases… In my last post, the Primer on Thai Disaster Words, I shared flood vocabulary found in Thai conversations, TV, and Thai Newspapers. If you’ve found yourself in Thailand during the floods, the few phrases below will help you to communicate at a basic level with your Thai neighbours and friends. Please [...]

Primer on Thai disaster words… The Thai great floods of 2554 have affected almost everyone in the country. The rains in Chiang Mai, where I live, have subsided and the floods only lasted a short while. But the water had to go somewhere, and it did. And now Ayudhaya and Bangkok are getting the water [...]

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 [...]

UPDATED: A top 100 Thai vocabulary list… In the post, Compiling a Top 100 Thai Vocabulary List, I put together a Thai words list and asked for suggestions. New words came in via email, Facebook, and in the comments of the post. While that list was percolating, I created a list from a different direction: [...]

Compiling a top 100 Thai vocabulary list… Hey all, I need your help putting together a top 100 Thai vocabulary list. The aim is to create a word list for newbies to communicate in Thai at a basic level. Only the barest Thai words are needed, but which ones? I compiled a sample list of [...]

Learning Languages: The art and science of remembering everything… My ability to remember names (people or places) is weak. Unless it’s for a short-term project like a script, my memory just doesn’t go there. So I skip over names whether in books or when meeting new people. Carrying on a conversation without remembering names is [...]