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The ability to speak and communicate in another language gives you insight into some of the shortcomings of your own language as well as the other. Sometimes I’m speaking English to other foreigners wanting to just say some Thai words because it’s just easier to say or sometimes in the case of Thai describes something [...]

This is no joke but I learned to type 20 words a minute in Thai language within 3 months! But learning to read and write to a point that I could write an interesting email to a friend all in Thai took at least a whole year for me to accomplish. But how much effort [...]

I hear people say how hard Thai is because there are so many letters in the alphabet though really there is only 44 constanents and 21 vowels and 5 tone markers. So really that’s only 60 you’ve got to remember and practice. English has 52! So it’s only 8 more come on. Sure our alphabet [...]

I can type about 120 words a minute in English using a laptop but i’m not so sure about my Thai skills it’s probably only about 20-30 words a minute if I’m thinking about what to write. If I’m copying Thai and it’s not that difficult a text it’s probably a lot faster. The way [...]

There is no magic pill you can pop that will have you speaking Thai in Days it actually requires some hard work and effort to be able to speak Thai. No matter what boors you buy or programs you try you still have to sit through monotonous lessons either by yourself with a tutor or [...]

As you know I don’t have an iPhone mostly because if I did I would never get offline. But I know many of you do and luckily one good reader sent me in this list of apps you can buy and download to your iPhone that help you to learn Thai. Now I wasn’t sure [...]

If you’ve used any program or detailed book to learn Thai maybe it’s a podcast or downloadable program all except Rossetta Stone have the same problem. They try to teach you by theory. What I mean by this is that they try to explain to you too much in detail. By detail I mean stuff [...]

If your serious about learning Thai and you live in Thailand then the best way to do it is to live with Thai people. The easiest way is to get a Thai girlfriend to come live with you. But why is it that guys live in Thailand for many many years even with a Thai [...]