Chiangmai University appears to have a series of online Thai lessons......I'm not sure if they're made for the general public as when I try to access them through their university website, I'm asked for a password/logon. But if you go to google and search for

Writing 4: Live and Dead Syllables you'll find this link 202.29.13.94/courseware/TCU-2549052/.../Chapter4_part1.pdf

I can link into the other chapters, including Flash exercises, by googling

writing 3 tcu-2549052, writing 5 tcu-2549052 etc.

English and Thai explanations are given and the English is readable!

You can access the whole course via:

http://202.29.13.94/courseware/

It has a creative common license and it's an excellent course!

Thanks a lot!

Edited September 23, 200916 yr by kriswillems

You can access the whole course via:

http://202.29.13.94/courseware/

It has a creative common license and it's an excellent course!

Thanks a lot!

I don't think I'm overstating the case (?) when I say this is the BEST beginners material I have ever seen. This is going to be my first recommendation to anyone who asks me how to start learning Thai. It's got it all. Thai script, activities, animations, sound (with excellent quality and crystal clear pronunciation). A truly superb resource. If it wasn't free, you'd buy it!

Edited September 23, 200916 yr by SoftWater

if anyone collates all that material, pls let us know; is the game version downloadable?

You can access the whole course via:

http://202.29.13.94/courseware/

It has a creative common license and it's an excellent course!

Thanks a lot!

I don't think I'm overstating the case (?) when I say this is the BEST beginners material I have ever seen. This is going to be my first recommendation to anyone who asks me how to start learning Thai. It's got it all. Thai script, activities, animations, sound (with excellent quality and crystal clear pronunciation). A truly superb resource. If it wasn't free, you'd buy it!

So you like this then SW? I know it's self study vs' classroom study, but how does it compare to the Walen method? DON'T answer that......I think I can guess your answer.

ST.

Chiangmai University appears to have a series of online Thai lessons...

What a fantastic find!

Thanks for this.

I agree with you Softwater. It's the best online beginners course available, maybe together with the maanii readers.

The URL makes me worried. Although they published it with a creative common license, it might disappear from the internet soon....

The more official way to access this course would be going to this website:

http://lms.thaicyberu.go.th

Signing up.

Look for the course by typing Thai as a keyword.

And then you get:

You need to have permission to access this course ...

So, another reason to believe we just found a backdoor that might be closed soon.

I don't understand why they publish courses with an open license, but close the access to them.

Edited September 25, 200916 yr by kriswillems

I agree with you Softwater. It's the best online beginners course available, maybe together with the maanii readers.

The URL makes me worried. Although they published it with a creative common license, it might disappear from the internet soon....

The more official way to access this course would be going to this website:

http://lms.thaicyberu.go.th

Signing up.

Look for the course by typing Thai as a keyword.

And then you get:

You need to have permission to access this course ...

So, another reason to believe we just found a backdoor that might be closed soon.

I don't understand why they publish courses with an open license, but close the access to them.

ok, I was looking at the wrong course. This is the official way to access the course:

http://lms.thaicyberu.go.th

sign up

Choose course

Choose self-paces learning courses

ID: 2549052

Register

Classroom

enter class

If you go this way the layout of the page for selecting the lessons is much nicer.

Edited September 25, 200916 yr by kriswillems

I agree with you Softwater. It's the best online beginners course available, maybe together with the maanii readers.

The URL makes me worried. Although they published it with a creative common license, it might disappear from the internet soon....

The more official way to access this course would be going to this website:

http://lms.thaicyberu.go.th

Signing up.

Look for the course by typing Thai as a keyword.

And then you get:

You need to have permission to access this course ...

So, another reason to believe we just found a backdoor that might be closed soon.

I don't understand why they publish courses with an open license, but close the access to them.

ok, I was looking at the wrong course. This is the official way to access the course:

http://lms.thaicyberu.go.th

sign up

Choose course

Choose self-paces learning courses

ID: 2549052

Register

Classroom

enter class

If you go this way the layout of the page for selecting the lessons is much nicer.

The website is http://www.thaicyberu.go.th/ (not what I said before).

The website is http://www.thaicyberu.go.th/ (not what I said before).

Thanks for figuring this out Kris.

I've changed it on my info as well.