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11 hours ago, kokesaat said:

Not for everyone, but the village pharmacist wanted to improve her English and I wanted to improve my Thai.  Her mother was a primary school Thai teaccher and the daughter learned the rules from mother....probably better than most primary students.

We struck a deal.....2 hours of English conversation for 2 hours of Thai.  She took me through the first 20 or so lessons of Maani (https://ressources.learn2speakthai.net/  for examples) before worrying about tones).  But from the start, I asked her to insist on proper pronunciation.  I wrote each lesson as homework from the start.

After those 20 lessons, we started to break the code on tones.  It took a few bottles of headache medicine and lots of practice, but the day came when it all came together.

You might be surprised to find a person in your village/area that an do the same.  In any case, best wishes on improving your language skills.  All the pain and agony is worth the effort.

 

@kokesaat
That sounds like a (nearly) perfect solution to me. Unfortunately, I'm living in a very remote location (surrounded by ricefields only - Phrai Bueng area, south of Sisaket). In the nearby villages I know many people, but no one who can speak any (or enough) English (even the teachers of the local schools really don't). That's why I started the thread, in the hope someone maybe know a potential Thai teacher in Sisaket (Khu Khan, Phrai Bueng, Payu would be ok too)...

1 hour ago, youreavinalaff said:

For what purpose? Reading? Writing?

 

The problem with studying Thai with a teacher is they may undo what you have already learned. Academic Thai is not the same as conversational.

 

A teacher will take you through the grammar, most of which you don't need. As an example, a friend of mine learned at an English centre. He kept saying "khun ja gamlang bai nai?" to the locals. They had trouble understanding. I de- contructed what he was saying to " bai nai?". Understood by all.

Reading, writing. In the first place.
I'm fully aware of those differences ;-)
A private teacher seems the best solution to me. A school could be glued to a somewhat fixed curriculum.

@youreavinalaff
I agree. When we built our houses here (some smaller adobe houses, we built on our own - from brick production to welding the roofs) I learnt a lot from the Thai helpers, who came from surrounding villages. Direct social interaction is the best, no question. That's one way.
But I know myself - to really get into the language, for the next step I need a teacher.

@nikmar
Thx for the hint. I know the site, good videos.
Anyways, I seek for in person teaching.

Hi forum,

is there any language school teaching Thai for foreigners in Sisaket? If not, any recommendations of private teachers?
Living now for nearly 2 years in Thailand, I find learning from books and videos only doesn't make it for me.

Thx in advance and regards,
Chris