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The Teach Yourself Thai Complete draw… again… Well, this is a fun outcome (as well as a fabulous selling point for David Smyth’s new TYT). Last week I wrote a review and announced a draw: Complete Thai: David Smyth Updates Teach Yourself Thai. And I didn’t do it alone, I had help from two fabulous [...]

The Teach Yourself Thai Complete draw… Running a draw can be loads of work, so I aimed to keep this one simple. I went to two fabulous bloggers in the Thai language community, Kaewmala (Thai Women Talks) and Ajarn Pasa (Tweet Yourself Thai) and asked for help. Kaewmala threw numbers into a beautifully coloured bowl, [...]

David Smyth updates Teach Yourself Thai … Only a handful of Thai courses are highly thought of, and David Smyth’s Teach Yourself Thai is at the very top of that list. When I asked polyglot Stu Jay Raj which books he’d recommend to students of the Thai language, David’s Teach Yourself Thai was the only [...]

James Higbie and Essential Thai… From the inception of the Successful Thai Language Learner series, I’ve had my eye on James Higbie. I was patiently tracking Jim down, but he found me first. During our back and forth Jim mentioned that his highly prized Essential Thai is being tidied up for a reprint. And just [...]

Hugh’s Retired Life in Thailand… Hugh is an industrious individual. No doubt. Besides gardening (yes, I’m envious, very) he’s always working on new and intriguing projects. Although retired, he authors books for the Thai professional market (impressed? I am). And as you all know, he also writes the instructive Thai Language Thai Culture for WLT. [...]

Rosetta Stone* Methodology… *After the stone and not the expensive software In her interviews of Thai speakers, Catherine likes to ask if we have ever had an “Ah ha” moment in our Thai studies. An “Ah ha” moment is sort of a Zen “satori” experience where we become enlightened, although sometimes only for a short [...]

Thai language resource: thai-language.com… You all know Glenn Slayden from an earlier interview: Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners: Glenn Slayden. Today I’m writing a brief overview of his site, thai-language.com. Mission Statement: The mission of thai-language.com is to offer English speakers the highest-quality non-commercial Thai language resource on the web. Our discussion forums, dictionary, and [...]

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast… A little over a week after launching Women Learn Thai, I wrote my first book review: The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast. But I didn’t just review A. G. Hawke’s book, I followed his instructions (up to a point). Getting help from my [...]

Getting serious about learning Thai… There is a rumour going around about several must have resources for the serious Thai language learner. Not that I have gone into serious mode or anything, but I am curious about design and transliteration styles. I also have a love for books, so I set out to acquire what [...]

Back, back, back to kinder… Going back to kindergarten. Hmmm. But, if that’s what it takes to read Thai, then so be it. Thai is a tonal language, so being able to listen while you read is especially important for those clinging to training wheels (like me). And (I hear) even for intermediate readers. Some [...]