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Rules of Songkran 2012: No Drink Walking. No Talcum Powder
Rules of Songkran 2012: No Drink Walking or Talcum Powder… In a few days the Songkran festivities will take over Thailand. In Bangkok, where I’m at, tourists flood in and a chunk of locals (mostly...
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Songkran 2012: Siam Square: On Day Two
Songkran 2012: Siam Square: On Day Two… Did you miss the first day of Songkran? Me too! The closer it got to 4pm on the first official day of the celebrations, the more I wanted to stay high and dry...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: It’s All Relative
It’s all relative (ญาติ /yâat/)… I just returned from visiting my son and daughter-in-law in the U.S. and meeting my grand children for the first time. It was a great experience, especially for my...
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Thai Language School Review: Rak Thai
Thai Language School Review: Rak Thai… Review: RTL – Rak Thai Language School Website: www.rtl-school.com Address: 888/104 Mahatun Plaza 10 Fl., Ploenchit Rd. Lumpini Patumwan, Bangkok 10330 Telephone...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Don Sena
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Don Sena Nationality: American Age range: 68 Sex: Male Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Profession: Translation (Thai – English), Editing (English);...
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Interview: Benjawan on VOA
Benjawan on VOA… For all of you Thai-English English-Thai dictionary fans out there, Benjawan Poomsan Becker from Paiboon Publishing was interviewed on VOA last week. VOA 2012: คุณเบญจวรรณ ภูมิแสน...
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Using the Assimil Method with Essential Thai
Assimil Thai… In his post, How to use Assimil Courses, Josh at Language Geek shares Assimil’s (often) missing instructions. Now, I’m not here to sell you on Assimil Thai out-of-the-box. With 50...
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Thai Language School Review: UTL Unity Thai Language School
Thai Language School Review: UTL Unity Thai Language School… Review: UTL Unity Thai Language School Website: utl-school.com Address: 18th floor Times Square Building, 246 Sukhumvit Rd, Khlongtoey,...
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Thai Chili Pepper Scale: A Spicy Secret to Ordering Thai Food
Thai chili scale: A spicy secret to ordering Thai food… I’ve been eating Thai food for like a gazillion years now and while I can order เผ็ดเผ็ด /pèt-pèt/ just fine, what arrives is almost never “up...
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More Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language… Over a decade ago I learned Thai by using a method called Speak Your Language. I wrote a post on what Speak Your Language is, but to summarize: I learned to speak...
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Please Vote: Top 100 Language Learning Blogs 2012
Please vote for the Top 100 Language Learning Blogs of 2012… Each year the Top 100 Language Learning international competition put on by bab.la and Lexiophiles has gradually gotten tougher. But this...
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Compilation Series: Successful Thai Language Learners
Project 2: Successful Thai Language Learners Compilation series… As I mentioned in the previous post, Please Vote: Top 100 Language Learning Blogs 2012, the idea for the Successful Thai Language...
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Contributors: Successful Thai Language Learners Compilation
Contributors: Successful Thai Language Learners Compilation… To get 50 interviews for this series I begged, I pleaded, and I didn’t quite bribe those involved (or at least, I didn’t think I did). And...
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Compilation: What Were Your Reasons for Learning Thai?
Successful Thai Language Learners Compilation… Before I get to the post, a word from our sponsors. Kidding. I just want to mention that the Top 100 Language Learners Bloggers competition ends on...
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WLT in 4th Place: Top 25 Language Learning Blogs 2012
Top 25 Language Learning Blogs 2012… Coming in 4th for the Top 25 Language Learning Blogs of 2012 was sweet! A huge THANKS from me goes to the amazing team at bab.la and Lexiophiles for managing this...
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Cheer Ambassadors Kickstarter Campaign
Cheer Ambassadors Kickstarter Campaign… Eighteen months ago, I made a Thai documentary with two friends. Since then, the movie has become my life. I dedicated all my free time and a lot of my money to...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Questions on Thai and Thai Usage
Questions on Thai and Thai Usage… Lots of people have questions about the Thai language and usage. If you have a question or two about the Thai language why not send it on to us and we’ll see what...
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Rikker: Linguist’s View of the Thai Language
A Linguist’s View of the Thai Language… If you are in Bangkok on Wednesday, June 27, guest writer Rikker Dockum will be speaking on the subject of the Thai language. Rikker Dockum has been studying...
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Compilation: Did You Learn Thai Right Away or Was it a Many-pronged Approach?
Successful Thai Language Learners Compilation… Years back I was told that expats who didn’t learn Thai right after relocating to Thailand would most likely never ever learn to speak Thai. They’d be...
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Even More Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language
Learn Thai by Speaking Your Language… When I learned Thai, I was a missionary. It was a fantastic experience, but a bunch of 19-21 year-olds running around Thailand could have turned out pretty bad if...
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