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Outing the Energy – Thai Learning Techniques… Unless you are someone who picks up languages by simply breathing, like the famed English explorer Sir Richard Burton, then your journey to becoming fluent in Thai will be a long, hard (but in my opinion, enjoyable) struggle. Wikipedia tells us that By the end of his life, [...]

John Brown’s Body. Thai Style… When Chula University’s marching video (shown below) hit twitter I was gobsmacked. My initial response was: “Words can’t describe how I feel watching that video…” I guess I just wasn’t sure if the parody was intentional or not. On first impression I thought of the powerful USSR propaganda posters. But… [...]

Look Tewada: Child of an Angel? Spoilt brat?… My Thai posts are usually well-researched (as much as I can do, anyway). But, with Thailand’s Children of God: Look Tewada ลูกเทวดา, I took a shortcut. I was slim on time so I quickly checked ลูกเทวดา /lôok tay-wá-daa/ in Thai dictionaries and threw it out for a [...]

James Higbie’s Essential Thai has arrived in Bangkok… At long last, Jim’s Essential Thai has hit the bookshelves at Orchid’s Bookshop in Bangkok. You can purchase Essential Thai online from Orchid Press or stop by their bookstore on the 4th floor of the Silom Complex Shopping Plaza. Oh. And I asked at Kinokuniya’s too – [...]

Thai reading project: learn Thai with SpeedUpTV + AUA Thai… I’ve got some exciting news. I love the AUA Thai language videos. They are great fun as well as packed with Thai vocabulary and phrases to learn. And here’s the exciting news. Awhile back I got a wild hair about reading along with the AUA [...]

Word order in Thai “Wh” Questions… It is common for beginning students of Thai (or students of most foreign languages for that matter) to start off making sentences and answering the teacher’s questions. In fact, quite often the art of ASKING questions is frequently left to much later, and sometimes is forgotten altogether. This is [...]

Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly… I have often heard the advice given to people just learning how to read, that they should practice reading Thai street signs. That made me think, why not collect pictures of a bunch of real signs and compile them into a fun practice reader? Since I am always looking for projects [...]

Thailand’s Children of God… I wasn’t sure what to think about the Thai phrase Children of God when I first happened across it. Thailand is Buddhist, right? Not Christian? Curious. So, just who are Thailand’s Children of God? You might already know the concept but not the Thai. When stopped by the police Thailand’s Children [...]

Does Written Thai Need Spaces? Not! I recently read a post titled Reforming Thai Language Structure which advocated changing the Thai written language by adding spaces between words to make written Thai easier to read. The writer mentions that written Thai is a “scriptura continua” language, one that does not use spaces between words. He goes [...]

Who’s talking about learning Thai… The results for the Top 25 Language Learning Blogs 2011 and the Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 are in. Thank you for your support everyone. I’m surprised where I placed but you won’t hear any quibbling from me! And I promise to keep up the pace. WLT’s generous contributors … [...]

Thai Language School Review: PRO Language… Review: PRO Language Website: PRO Language Telephone Number: 02-250-0072 Address: Times Square Building, 10th Floor, 246 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10110 Location: Exit BTS Asok, take the sky bridge into Times Square and then the lift to floor 10. Basic Info: Unless I’m mistaken, PRO Language is a chain [...]

Spicing up your life Thai-style… There is a basic difference between the philosophy behind western food and Thai food. Back home, a cook will make a dish the way it “should” be made. One may add to a dish by shaking a bit of salt and maybe a dash of pepper but if you want [...]

Who’s talking about learning Thai… Goodness, the hot months of 2011 are just marching in! Ok, March was still sort of coolish but I’m typing this out in HOT HOT HOT April and it’s HOT! And while the months are marching on, I’m still posting this series late. Yeah. Anyway, if you’d like to see [...]

Thai Language School Review: AUA Thai Language Program… Review: AUA Thai Language Program Website: AUA Thai Address: 179 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Thailand 10330 Telephone Number: 02-252-8398 Location: The AUA Thai Department is easily accessible by sky train, bus, and taxi. Regular Buses: 14, 15, 17, 74, 77. Air conditioned Buses: 77, 504, 505. BTS Sky [...]