hawaiijohn Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I'm looking for a Thai home study course and Rosetta Stone is currently being heavily advertised. Has anyone tried it or know someone who has? Are there any other comparable programs that may be superior? Thanks in advance for any feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I had a copy of it from Panthip plaza, sat learning phrases from it practising the enunciation to perfection and sat in the bars of the plaza telling a girl i could walk and run. They didn't have a clue what i was on about, I took a bird back to my apartment, played her the disk and she didn't have clue what the actor was saying. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddawg1 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 And it's BORING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 The Rosetta Stone series is good supplementary material. The pronunciation is very good - native speakers - and I don't know why any Thai couldn't understand it. However, you will never learn Thai simply using the Rosetta Stone. It is very good for listening and vocabulary practice, but that is about all. You need to have some knowledge of Thai to get much out of the Rosetta Stone. You might look into Benjawan Poomsan Becker's books. They are not hard to master, if (once again) sometimes boring. Thai Lao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I find the Linguaphone course superior to the Rosetta Stone, especially if one has no prior knowledge of thai. Linguaphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Didn't like Rosetta Stone as it made me "tied" to the PC. I got Pimsleur, loaded the MP3's into my little MP3 player and could listen/learn on the BTS, bus or anywhere I wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastish Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 rosetta stone is crap,unless you can read scribt its hard to know whats going on as theres no english in the one i have. pimleur is the best ive used,mp3 and 30 lessons,advanced for the benginner but can pick up words that you will accually use, not like rossetta where they teach you jump etc. my thai now is quite good i can read and write thai but i go to lessons,stick at it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doxx Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 I thought Rosetta Stone was total crap. Very shitty approach to teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Why not hire a local THai student. I did - learnt for 20 hours - only "baby" thai - nothing formal - I wanted to be able to get a message across not speak perfect Thai. $10/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Any "extra" teaching done? Or was HE not up for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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