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What Does “Fluent in Thai” Mean to You?
What does “fluent in Thai” mean to you? … When people start talk about learning Thai I often hear the word “fluent” bandied about. A couple of forums are talking about just this sorta thing (google)....
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Six Beautiful Words in the Thai Language
Six beautiful words in the Thai language… Several times a month I jump into a taxi to roam around Thailand with a Thai friend. There is usually a plan, but we always end up goodness knows where. And...
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Buddhist Temples of Thailand
Buddhist Temples of Thailand… Hey, hey, it’s Christmas! This being December and all, and discovering free time before hauling my be-hinie off to other lands, I spent a day waggling my camera at the...
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Xmas Present for Language Learners: Breaking Through to Fluency
Breaking Through to Fluency… Every Xmas, when struggling to buy ‘the’ gift for the people in my life, I end up with stuff for myself. Yeah! I like stuff. Especially stuff about language learning. This...
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The Most Beautiful Words in the Thai Language
The most beautiful words in the Thai Language… There are Thai words that I love to say just because of the singsong melody they impart. I’m not sure if they can be called beautiful, but from pure...
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Women Learn Thai: Best of 2012
Women Learn Thai: Best of 2012… Happy New Year 2013 everyone! Wow. 2012 went by fast. Looking back over the year I can tell that it’s going to take me a fair bit of 2013 to catch up (more on that...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Mark Kent
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Mark Kent Nationality: British Age range: 40-50 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Diplomat Web: www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk | Twitter:...
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Thai Language School Review: Intensive Thai at Chulalongkorn University
Introducing Philip Lyons… Throughout my time in Thailand I’ve tried a number of different Thai classes, private teachers and self-studying. However, one major hurdle for me was always that I simply...
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The ALG Crosstalk Project
The ALG Crosstalk Project… Make new friends – learn a language – develop relationships – really communicate Imagine for a moment that you are in a far away land. You recently received a job offer to...
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Stuck in a Thai Language Rote Rut? Try Eavesdropping
Are you stuck in a Thai language rote rut? Try eavesdropping… While touring Thai language schools in Bangkok I’ve met some fairly adept parrots of Thai. By the term “parrots” I mean someone who’s...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Money Vocabulary
Thai Money Vocabulary… One thing that might make living in a foreign country a bit easier is to know lots of words on the subject of money. It seems I can’t go more than an hour or so before I have to...
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Free Podcasts in the Thai Language
Free Podcasts in the Thai Language… For language learners who learn from abroad, podcasts can be a convenient way to access native media in the language they’re learning, directed at native speakers....
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Review: Using Anki 2 To Study Thai
Using Anki 2 To Study Thai… When I first heard about a program called Anki, I wasn’t too interested. It sounded like a digital flash card program – something my friends did as little programming...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Antonio Graceffo
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Antonio Graceffo Nationality: American Age range: 40-50 Sex: Male Location: Shanghai, China Profession: University lecturer/author Website:...
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Thai Protests: Will the Saturday Night Live Learning Thai with Rossetta Stone...
Learning Thai with Rossetta Stone spoof… Recently in the news Thais protested about Buddha artwork on public toilets in the Netherlands. Result? The Dutch apologised for the Buddha toilet images and...
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Learning Styles and Language Learning
Learning Styles and Language Learning… Not long ago I was asked to write a post about language learning styles for Women Learning Thai. Having recently received my Master Degree and in the process of...
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Review: How to Learn a Language in a Foreign Country
Video: How to Learn a Language in a Foreign Country… In David Mansaray’s latest video he asks interpreter and translater Robert Bigler for his views on learning a language in a foreign country. In the...
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Review: Domnern Sathienpong Thai-English Dictionary
Review: Domnern Sathienpong Thai-English Dictionary… Title: Domnern Sathienpong Thai English Dictionary 4th Edition Authors: G. Domnern, W. Sathienpong ISBN: 9789742129200 Pages: 800 Price: 395baht...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: How I Learn Thai
How I Learn Thai… A reader asked me recently if I would write about how I went about learning Thai. It was a great question because in fact I had never even thought about that before. So I started...
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Thai Frequency Lists with English Definitions
Thai frequency lists with English definitions… In How to Learn a Language in a Foreign Country Robert Bigler mentioned the importance of using frequency lists. The same 3-4000 words come up all the...
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