Guest Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I have been learning Thai for over a year. I did about 3 months at somchart and have now finished the linguaphone and colloquial thai courses. While I can talk with confidence about what was covered in my books I dont know where else to go to make my Thai better. Often Thais use words I have never heard of. I have given up with language schools given the rote learning that I experienced at somchart. Does anyone know of any material or software that can help? thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 IMO learning with a teacher is much better than with software/ books. the teacher can correct your pronounciation and how you make sentences. software/book remain theoretical. what about trying another teacher? what was your bad experience at Somchart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Hi Samak...good advice but expensive...i looked at that ! Why not go to a local Thai Restaurant and talk with the staff...i find they are happy to help. You need a Thai national speaker to learn the tones..says he that has a live in teacher and after two years am still learning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 no it is not expensive; there are enough freelancer TEACHER around that teach you for much less than in the official schools (usually the teacher get there only 50% of what you pay); of course you also must practise! try to make conversation with whom ever you can, whether in the restaurant, bars, shoppingcenters etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 I do practice my Thai everyday, and living in a non falang area I have to. Perhaps getting a different teacher is the way to go. I didnt have a pariculary bad experience at Somchart, it did give me a good start. However, after a while I got bored with the same old approach to every lesson. While I remember most of the stuff I learnt it was just learning from a set of books that progressively increased ones exposure to the language. However, I thought spending a lesson learning the names for all the different vegtables was a complete waste of time, and most of the stuff wasnt really relevant to my needs. I would say I am past the beginner stage but where do I find a decent teacher? Compared to Somchart I found reading my books greatly expanded my understanding of Thai. For example, despite many requests to understand the use of the particle 'na', all I was told was I could use it or not if I wanted to. With explanations like that I thought I was better of reading my books and practicing with tapes. Indeed, the explaination for the expression 'pai thiow' was also wrong. Does anyone know of a good private Thai teacher they can recomend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jai-dee Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Yes, check your inbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Hi Chico, How about Thai for intermediate Learners and Thai for advanced learners by Benjawan Poomsan Becker? There are definitely a step up from the courses you have completed by now. I have done both and was rather impressed by them. Additionally, the Matthew Courage Thai Interactive Course has recently been launched in a second edition with a vast vocabulary for the intermediate and advanced student. Courage Thai Interactive Haven`t got it myself, but noticed on other boards that it has gotten great reviews. Cheers Hua Nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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