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It’s Cherry Blossom Time in Khun Chang Khian, Chiang mai
Cherry trees are blooming in Thailand – hurry if you can… Depending upon traffic, an hour from Chiang mai is the Khun Chang Kian Highland Agriculture Research Center. Around this time of year...
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Kru CAN: Going Beyond Basic Thai
Kru CAN: For those who want to go beyond the basics… Kru CAN is a Thai Skype teacher with three years experience under his belt. And while I do promote Thai teachers on WLT (one-on-one and Skype)...
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Adam and Ben Bradshaw: Farang Rian Thai ฝรั่งเรียนไทย
Adam and Ben Bradshaw: Farang Rian Thai… Being a fan of Adam Bradshaw for years, I finally interviewed him in 2011. When it comes to speaking Thai, Adam is one of the best out of the many talented...
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Data Survey Part One: Thai Schools on the Studentz-From-Hell
Thai Schools on the Studentz-From-Hell… Awhile back I went to seven previously reviewed Thai schools. I asked the owners of the schools, the teachers, as well as the front desk staff, if they’d be...
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Data Survey Part Two: Thai Schools on the Studentz-From-Hell
Thai Schools on the Studentz-From-Hell… This is part two discussing the survey data I compiled about Thai Studentz-From-Hell. If you haven’t read the first post, go to Data Survey Part One: Thai...
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Thai Teachers Teaching Thai Twisted English
Thai Teachers teaching Thai twisted English… There’s a hilarious video about Thais teaching English to Thais being shared around Facebook. I got it from Maarten Tummers (isn’t he talented?) who got it...
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Learning Thai Medical Terms: Breaking Down and Building Up
Learning Thai Medical Terms: Breaking down and building up… As a follow up to our previous post here on WLT, a reader has asked us to translate a list of medical terms that are important to her. But...
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Interview: Ben Bradshaw is Getting By in Thai
Interview: Ben Bradshaw is getting by in Thai… Name: Ben Bradshaw Nationality: American Age range: 25-30 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Entrepreneur Web: CikguBen.com What is your Thai level?...
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FREE Downloads: Gla and Geo (there is life after Manee)
FREE Downloads: Gla and Geo… The most famous (and cherished) Ministry of Education coursebooks for kids learning how to read Thai is the Manee series. But that was many updates ago. Thanks to...
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Thai Time: Relearn Thai Tense the Thai Way (part 1)
Thai Time: Relearn Thai Tense the Thai Way (part 1)… If I were to ask you: what is the future tense word in Thai? Most of you would probably respond instantaneously-“จะ /jà/, of course!” And if I ask...
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Lounge Lizard Foreign Language Speaking Exercises
Lounge Lizard foreign language speaking exercises… It is probably because I am a bit obsessive compulsive that I still spend some time every day studying Thai. But that means that I have to constantly...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Breathing in Chiang Mai
Breathing in Chiang Mai… If you live anywhere in or near northern Thailand you probably can’t get the smog out of your head – both physically and figuratively. I live about ½ kilometer from the base...
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Could You Survive Thailand’s Polluted North?
Would you even WANT to survive Thailand’s polluted North? … Until yesterday I was having serious doubts about my ability to stick it out in Chiang mai during the burning season. Last year wasn’t too...
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WLT’s Facebook Page: 1000 (finally)
Surprise! WLT has a Facebook page… A couple of days ago it came to me that I was so busy promoting everyone else, I’ve been neglecting WLT’s Facebook page, both in promotion and use. I have been...
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Thai Language Connectors: Starter Pack
Thai Language Connectors: Starter Pack… Anthony Lauder (Fluent Czech on YouTube) is the Mr Rogers of language learning. In part due to his dry wit, his knowledgeable videos are a doddle to watch. Also...
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FREE Thai Fonts: Comparisons & Downloads
FREE Thai Fonts: Comparisons & Downloads… Thai fonts sizes are all over the place. And if you don’t choose a well-designed font, to get the Thai and English to balance you’ll be forced to adjust...
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WINNERS of FIVE Fabulous Talking Thai-English-Thai Phrasebook iOS Apps
That’s right. There are FIVE winners!… Benjawan (the Queen of Thai learning materials) agreed to choose the winners of the Talking Thai-English-Thai Phrasebook iOS App. Only, instead of FOUR winners,...
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Thai Time: Relearn Thai Tense the Thai Way (Part 2)
Relearn Thai tense the Thai way (Part 2)… In the previous post, we’ve talked about some of the most common time markers in Thai. Actually, I forgot the experience particle เคย /koei/ which is also a...
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Thai Language Connectors: Opening Connectors
Opening Connectors for Thai learners… As mentioned in the first post of the series, Thai Language Connectors: Starter Pack, Opening Connectors are responses to questions – they give you breathing time...
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Interview: Biff is Getting by in Thai
Biff is getting by in Thai… Name: Biff (nickname, long story!) Nationality: English (UK citizen) Age: 51 Sex: Male Location: London/Chiang Rai Profession: Railway worker (latest in a long line of...
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