Monday 30 July 2012


Mod is one of the best YouTube Thai language teachers




Thai language Internet Resources

1.              Dictionaries and reference websites (these are all good but the best is the first, Paiboon, which is available to download on your computer or as a Smartphone App on the Apple iTunes or Android platforms. It costs $18 to $25 depending on thbuy but worth ii.

                        http://www.thai2english.com/
                        http://www.thai-language.com/
                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_language
                        http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thai.htm
2.        Thai lessons websites.
These are god but have advantages and disadvantages.
            http://learn-thai-podcast.com

These are also accessible through ITunes podcasts and You Tube. Quite a lot of lessons are free but others can be purchased.

3.        Other websites

Information about the Thai language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_language
Online Thai lessons and other resources

4.        Online Thai dictionaries

5.        Thai Electronic talking dictionaries
http://www.ectaco.com

6.        Information about Thai transliteration and Romanisation systems

7.        Thai-Isaan-Lao Phrasebook
            www.phrasebook.thai-isan-lao.com

8.        Free online translation of English <> Thai
            See Google translate and



9.        Virtual Thai keyboard and other software
            http://mog.software.free.fr


Information about King Ramkhamhaeng the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramkhamhaeng

12.  ITunes
Search the podcast and ITunes Apps lists under Thai language.The Click Thai Dictionary App is expensive but excellent and worthwhile buying.  It is very comprehensive and will pronounce most Thai words and has clear tone markers. Free or very cheap apps that are worth having are Linguapal Thai, Phasa Thai and Speak Thai.  Check out http://learn-thai-podcast.com and ThaiPod101.com - Learn Thai with Free Podcasts in the podcast section.
 There are also some Thai language audiobooks on ITunes.

12. Audible.com
I regularly purchase audiobooks from this site which is the largest and owned by Amazon Books. It has a reasonable of Thai language audio books.  A must buy is Pimsleur’s Thai.  It has 30 half hour lessons to be completed one a day and is the best Thai language course I have come across apart from the face to face course I did at Chiang Mai University.  It also has a reading and writing Thai section.  At about $2 a day it is great value.  The chapter on how the Pimsleur system works is free.

After you buy a book on Audible you can access it forever, the books also download to ITunes and can be accessed also by the Audible ITunes or Android Apps.

13. YouTube

There are hundreds of Thai language videos on YouTube which are of varying video and content quality.  There are some excellent ones however. In order to store subscriptions and playlists you need to logon.  It is free, just follow the prompts.

The six best in my view are as follows.  All have 20 or more Thai language lessons.

1.        Khru Mod, Learn Thai with Mod
            YouTube site: www.youtube.com/user/LearnThaiwithMod
            Website/Blog: www.learnthaiwithmod.com/
            Facebook site:  www.facebook.com/learnthaiwithmod
            Comments: A cutie, great English and a great teacher. Very professional.             Originally with Thai Language Hut but well ahead of them now.

2.        Khru Wee (Orrawee Naksuwan)
            YouTube site: www.youtube.com/user/lartstu
            Facebook site: www.facebook.com/ Learning-Thai-with-Kruu-Wee
            Personal Facebook site:  www.facebook.com/orrawee.naksuwan
            Blog:                                       www.kruuwee.blogspot.com
            Comments: In my view Wee and Mod are the best teachers and             communicators. Wee is full of personality with a very sexy delivery             style.

3.        Khru Pin (Pin Phayubut)
            YouTube site:           www.youtube.com/user/studythai
            Website:                   www.pinpointthailand.com
            Facebook  site:        www.facebook.com/ pinpointthailand
            Comments: Great smile and cute British accent. Good teacher.

4.        Learn Thai the Bon's way
            YouTube site: www.youtube.com/user/bononstage
            Website: www.youtube.com/user/bononstage
                        Also    www.jaideetv.blogspot.com
            Facebook site:  Learn Thai the Bon's Way
            Comments: Sexy, sultry style with a dry sense of humour.  Has      improved             markedly over the series.  Not really a teacher but good      communicator.

5.        Adam Bradshaw

            Website:       www.ajarnadam.com/p/learn-thai.html
            YouTube:       www.youtube.com/jadambrad
            Facebook site:  www.facebook.com/ajarnadam
            See also YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/winkwinkenglish
           
            Comments: The only bloke and non Thai but really good.

6.            Thai Language Hut

               Website:                            www.learnthailanguage.org
            Facebook site:  www.facebook.com/pages/Thai-Language-Hut
            YouTube:                          www.youtube.com/user/thailanguagehut

         Comments:         Great website but video presenters a little wooden      , lack personality and not as easy on the eyes as Mod and Wee.


Facebook
Nearly all of the above sites have Facebook sites and will accept “friend” or “like” (in the case of a group or business) requests. You will then get news of new postings.


1 comment:

  1. Again, super handy and saves lots of research. Thanks Joe!

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