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Pale and Exhausted: Accounts of Thai Language Acquisition
Pale and Exhausted: Accounts of Thai Language Acquisition… In examining interviews of Thai language learners archived on Women Learn Thai (henceforth referred to as WLT), it is apparent that the...
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Kaewmala’s Thinglish Slang: English Loanwords in Thai
Kaewmala’s Thinglish Slang… In my pet project, the Top 100 Thai Words series, to extend the usefulness of the mini course I’ve decided to add English loanwords. My reasoning is that loanwords are...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Dr. Larry Dinkins
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Dr. Larry Dinkins Nationality: American Age range: 59 Sex: Male Location: Chiang mai Profession: Missionary Website: OMF International Products:...
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Christy Gibson: If There Were No Men Left in This World
Learn Thai with Christy Gibson… Learning songs in your target language is an entertaining way to acquire new phrases and vocabulary. And fortunately for us, the talented Christy Gibson has kindly...
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Doraemon at Thailand’s Wat Sampa Siw
Doraemon in Thai news… Doraemon (famous Japanese cartoon cat) has been in the Thai news lately. But first, let me catch you up on the old news. Last year reports started appearing about the much loved...
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Thai Navy Dances Gangnam Style: Youtube Sensations
Thai Navy ‘Gangnam Style’ video hits YouTube… I’m not a fan of the Gangnam Style craze that’s been hitting the internet lately. I enjoy Hip Hop but Gangnam is way over annoying. Just like Rap, it...
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Review: Language Learning Log
The Language Learning Log… No matter how you go about it, learning a language can be an overwhelming endeavor. You have vocabulary, grammar, slang, culture, and so on. Then on top of all that you have...
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Unmotivated to Study Thai? Just STOP IT!
Unmotivated to Study Thai? Just STOP IT!… Last year I asked How Do You Motivate Yourself to Study Thai? Check out the answers in the comments – they’re great. When I started researching for a followup...
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Why Floundering is Okay When Learning Thai
Why Floundering is Okay When Learning Thai… I read an article recently about “floundering” and the learning process. It’s called Why Floundering is Good: Figuring out something on your own first,...
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WLT Tweeting Thai Language Resources
WLT Tweeting Thai Language Resources… Some reading this might be wondering what I’m on about. I mean, I already tweet Thai language learning resources via the @WomenLearnThai account. But here’s the...
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Interview Compilation: How do you learn languages?
How do you learn languages?… Over the years I’ve developed a curiosity about how people successfully learn languages. And more than anything else, the methods mentioned in this series have helped me...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: So Many Excuses
So Many Excuses… The English phrase “excuse me” has lots of uses, from asking to leave the dinner table, to apologizing for knocking someone down on the street, to interrupting someone, to asking for...
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Learn Thai from the Bangkok Post
Learn Thai from the Bangkok Post… Exciting for intermediate Thai language learners is a new section at the Bangkok Post: Learning From News > Learning Thai from Post Today. Bangkok Post: We now...
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How Audio-based Language Learning Trumps the Textbook
Guest Post… Purna Virji possesses a talent for learning new languages with six in her present language-speaking repertoire. She is a former producer for an Emmy-nominated television show with a...
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Thai Movies: A Relaxing Way to Study Thai
Thai Movies: A Relaxing Way to Study Thai… Watching movies in your target language is a great way to pump up your studies. But if you are new to Thai productions, where do you start? To get...
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The “I’m Good Enough at Thai to Know I Suck” Stage
The “I’m Good Enough at Thai to Know I Suck” Stage… There comes a point in almost everyone’s attempt at learning a language where they gain enough proficiency to know, well… to realize that they...
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David Mansaray: How to Use Motivation Effectively
David Mansaray: How to Use Motivation Effectively… Has this ever happened to you? You are busy thinking the same ‘ole thoughts like you always do, and then someone comes along and changes your head...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Learning Thai Later in Life
Learning Thai Later in Life… I read the Language Forum posts on ThaiVisa.com regularly to find out what some people are thinking about learning Thai. Some of the posters are quite knowledgeable and I...
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Questions… Questions… Lani and Mia from Thai Girl Talk
Questions at Thai Girl Talk… We’re so excited to guest post on WLT for our podcast Thai Girl Talk. But after we agreed to interview each other, Mia and I couldn’t agree on what questions to ask… Lani:...
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Thai Language Amongst World’s Sexiest Accents
Thai Amongst World’s Sexiest Accents… Thailand gets more than its share of bad news – depressing – so when the announcement of the Thai language being voted SEXY came bouncing down WLTs twitter...
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