Wednesday 13 May 2009

Starting out

If you are a complete beginner, for online resources these are some of the best sites I've found
to date. If you have any others please feel free to share:

These websites are offer some good starting points. Some are dictionary english-thai, thai-english websites. Lexitron is widely used from beginners-advanced learners. Others are great for getting a handle on the tones and intonation. Which most people have the greatest difficulty with.

In terms of books, some of the below should be in every serious learners collections:
(Also books by the same author include the intermediate and advanced levels, Speak Thai like a Thai and the one below, Colloquial Thai:)

Or if you like Audio Language Books these ones are worth getting:

Teach Youself Thai Conversation by David Smyth
Spoken Word Thai by Living Language

And also select from the multutude of free podcasts there are available online.

Also for the Advanced readers books like:
หล้กภาษาไทย by กําช้ย ทองหล่อ --very good if you're interested in the etymology of Thai.

Some of my two personal favourite blogger's on the thai language:

Stu Jay Raj's blog (an amazing guy who speaks over 15 languages) and is a great authority on the Thai to boot: http://stujay.blogspot.com

These are all I can think of for the moment, but I'm sure you'll be able to help me in adding more.




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