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How Do You Motivate Yourself to Study Thai?

How Do You Motivate Yourself to Study Thai?

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 [...]

Lani, a Thai Learning Thai: Part 2

Lani, a Thai Learning Thai: Part 2

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 [...]