Comments on: Learning Thai is More Than a Study of Words & Grammar – Part 2 http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/why-learning-the-thai-language-needs-to-be-more-than-a-study-of-words-and-grammar-%e2%80%93-part-2/ Expat making her way through the Thai language and culture Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:49:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tina Gibbons http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/why-learning-the-thai-language-needs-to-be-more-than-a-study-of-words-and-grammar-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Tina Gibbons Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:20:09 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6737#comment-1972 Hi Talen Sorry to read you're struggling with the tones... introducing some visual aid will really help.. and keep listening :-) Maybe a course would help you to kick start and get over the initial hurdle... ? Keep at it though, and good luck! Hi Talen

Sorry to read you’re struggling with the tones… introducing some visual aid will really help.. and keep listening :-)

Maybe a course would help you to kick start and get over the initial hurdle… ?

Keep at it though, and good luck!

]]> By: Talen http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/why-learning-the-thai-language-needs-to-be-more-than-a-study-of-words-and-grammar-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 Talen Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:55:15 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6737#comment-1967 The tones are killing me. I really feel like I have asburgers syndrome when I try to get the tones right. I think the hand gestures would definitely help but it's still an uphill battle. I remember when I first started learning one book showed the sentence " Mai mai mai mai mai" and because each word was a different tone they were all different words that formed the sentence...I knew I was in for it then. I really need to find a teacher both here in the states and in Thailand when I make the move. The tones are killing me. I really feel like I have asburgers syndrome when I try to get the tones right.

I think the hand gestures would definitely help but it’s still an uphill battle. I remember when I first started learning one book showed the sentence ” Mai mai mai mai mai” and because each word was a different tone they were all different words that formed the sentence…I knew I was in for it then.

I really need to find a teacher both here in the states and in Thailand when I make the move.

]]> By: LMS http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/why-learning-the-thai-language-needs-to-be-more-than-a-study-of-words-and-grammar-%e2%80%93-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 LMS Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:38:45 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6737#comment-1965 i think visual cues are very useful and important when learning to speak and hear a foreign language, such as thai. the learner cannot rely on their own alphabet as a reference point. i think visual cues are very useful and important when learning to speak and hear a foreign language, such as thai. the learner cannot rely on their own alphabet as a reference point.

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