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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 [...]

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 from phrases… Searching for a top 100 Thai vocabulary list to use with the Loci Method has totally gobbled my interest! Since starting this adventure I’ve found many ways to compile such a list and I’m now on version three. Or four. In the comments of Compiling a [...]

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 [...]

Interview: Tod Daniels is getting by in Thai… Name: Tod Daniels Nationality: USA Age range: 52 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok, Lower Sukhumvit Profession: Retired Web: Reviewing Thai Language Schools in Bangkok What is your Thai level? Intermediate / Intermediate + / Intermediate ++ I’d like to think my Thai is at least at an “Intermediate [...]

The Interpreter’s Journal: Studying Foreign Languages… In the hopes that my journey will help those of you learning Thai, I’m sharing tips on studying foreign languages. Btw – If you’ve missed the first two installments you can get them here: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started and Mistakes and Misinterpretations. My leap into learning languages… [...]

Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… In the first installment you read about my beginnings: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started. And now I’ll share a window into what it’s like to be an interpreter. The Interpreter’s Journal: Mistakes and Misinterpretations… When an interpreter is working to convey one person’s words into another language, there are many [...]

Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… Most people know me as an author of Thai and Lao language learning products. But in the United States I also have a flourishing career as a legal and medical Thai and Lao interpreter. And at long last, I’ve put down the story in my latest book, The Interpreter’s Journal. In [...]

How do you focus on learning Thai?.. During the past week my Internet connection has been getting weaker, to the point that I could no longer code. And I had a big, fat, overdue post to finish this weekend, the February edition of ‘Who’s Talking About Learning Thai’. Ouch. But it’s not just the posts [...]

Today is a good day to learn Thai… Do you know what day it is? It’s 11.1.11. I’m not sure if it’s auspicious, but it sounds like a day to start something special. Like learning Thai. Not everyone will admit to making New Years Resolutions, but a lot of us secretly do. And as it’s [...]

The Talking Thai-English-Thai Dictionary iPhone App… On forums, blogs, and here in the comments, those with a copy of the newly released Talking Thai–English–Thai Dictionary iPhone App are remarking that it’s the best iPhone app dictionary on the market. And it is. And now with this draw, six more Thai learners will get the experience. [...]

This Thai learning Thai… Learning Spanish seemed counterintuitive to retaining any Thai that I had acquired but that is exactly what I did. When I moved to Ecuador I thought I could keep up with my Thai and learn Spanish too but I couldn’t. There wasn’t enough room in me brain for both languages. Acclimating [...]

12 FREE Manee books online… When you get over your fear of Thai script and start learning to read, the Manee books (sometimes spelt Maanii) are often recommended. Long discontinued, the Manee books were written back in the late ’70′s by รัชนี ศรีไพรวรรณ (Ratchanee Sripaiwan) with a team from the Thai Ministry of Education. And [...]

Creating a Thai dictionary… Like most students of the Thai language, I keep adding to a list of Thai words I must know. It started out on a simple spread sheet with just the Thai word and the meaning(s). Then I added whether the words were noun, verb, whatever. When I discovered classifiers, they were [...]