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The Absolute Best Way to Learn Foreign Languages… Back in August I wrote about an undertaking Claude Cartaginese took on: The Polyglot Project: In Their Own Words. His idea was to compile a smorgasbord of language learning experiences. Claude put out a request for entries, and during a several month spread we’d get to read [...]

Talking about Stu Jay Raj’s Cracking Thai Fundamentals… Stu is back in Bangkok with Cracking Thai Fundamentals. You already know my experiences with Stu’s workshop, so to give you another opinion I asked a former student of Stu’s, Scott Eddy, for an interview. I first heard about Scott from Claudio Sennhauser, a mutual friend (thanks [...]

Fiona from Baby Steps to Fluency… This is the seventh post in the Learn Thai via Skype series. If you’ve just arrived, feel free to start at the beginning with How to Learn Thai via Skype and work your way up from there. When I have time to spare, I enjoy reading the experiences of [...]

The Polyglot Project: In Their Own Words… I’m a slooooow mover in the mornings. I flop out of bed, stagger stiff-legged and mostly blind to the kitchen, turn on the kettle, and then fix my breakfast while waiting for the water to boil. With pot, cup, and bowl or plate in hand, I point myself [...]

Stu’s impressive multilingual presentation… In case you’ve missed it, this week on WLT has been back-to-back Stu Jay Raj: Monday: Stuart (Stu) Jay Raj: Interview Part One Wednesday: Stuart (Stu) Jay Raj: Interview Part Two Friday: Successful Thai Language Learners: Stuart (Stu) Jay Raj And if you live in Thailand, then you’ll know that it’s [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Stuart (Stu) Jay Raj Nationality: Fijian Indian / Australian Age range: 30-40 Sex: Male Location: Anywhere and Everywhere Profession: TV Host / Cross Cultural Business Consultant   Web: Stu Jay Raj stujaystujay’s YouTube Channel Note: As this is the final post of a three part interview, some of the [...]

Interview with polyglot Stu Jay Raj… Heads-up everyone: This post is a continuation of Stuart (Stu) Jay Raj: Interview Part One.   Stu, with Cracking Thai Fundamentals and now Mnidcraft, you’ve taught the Thai language to expats for some time. In your experience, which learning difficulties are the most common?   The writing system always [...]

Interview with polyglot Stu Jay Raj… When I moved to Bangkok I was fortunate to discover Stu Jay Raj’s Cracking Thai Fundamentals course located at that time on Suk Soi 1. Once a week for ten weeks I’d jump on the MRT to travel into the bowels of Bangkok for an hour of hilarious fun. [...]