Mitker Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Hi there, My level in Thai (both speaking and reading) is intermediate. From past experience while learning foreign languages, I see TV news as a very useful tool to develop practical language skills. The reasons are: - The text is prepared (full, correct sentences) - It is clearly spoken at normal speed - Both vocabulary and style are formal, polite, and can be conveniently used in usual circumstances - The footage illustrates the topic - Most topics are of general interest - If downloaded, it can be replayed as often as necessary to catch the details But in the case of Thai language, I think Thai subtitles can really speed up the learning process (ease the decoding/understanding and offer some memory support). Therefor, I'm looking for Thai news programs with Thai subtitles (like those for impaired viewers) to download. I'm not interested in movies, series or other entertainment programs since they hardly fit the bill (see list above). I checked a little in the forum topic list but couldn't find it. Any idea of where to find it or even if it does exist? A 2nd line of subtitles (in English) would just be fabulous but I think I'm asking for too much there Thanks for any info. Mitker Edited December 20, 2010 by Mitker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Your general idea is sound - your formal Thai will progress quickly this way. It is clearly spoken at normal speed I find that often the Thai TV news are spoken at above average speed. But nevertheless your other points are correct, and there are definite advantages to following the news and learning to keep up with them. I found this link for deaf people, which has a list of shows that have Thai subtitles ( under the header รายการที่มีคำบรรยายภาษาไทย ). Hope that helps to serve as a starting point. http://nadt.thport.com/TVwithsignlanguage.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There are many news clips here with a script of what the newscaster is saying beneath the video. http://www.ch7.com/index.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There are many news clips here with a script of what the newscaster is saying beneath the video. http://www.ch7.com/index.aspx Incidenatally the videos can be downloaded with realplayer downloader and the script can be copied and pasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 http://www.krobkruakao.com/kkn/?a=homepage used to do that, but the link seems to be dead now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 also MCOT has a few like this:http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/145853.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 Your general idea is sound - your formal Thai will progress quickly this way. It is clearly spoken at normal speed I find that often the Thai TV news are spoken at above average speed. But nevertheless your other points are correct, and there are definite advantages to following the news and learning to keep up with them. I found this link for deaf people, which has a list of shows that have Thai subtitles ( under the header รายการที่มีคำบรรยายภาษาไทย ). Hope that helps to serve as a starting point. http://nadt.thport.c...gnlanguage.html Interesting link. Their list gives a fair amount of info. I checked a few links to viewable former programs with subtitles but the small format of the compressed video makes subtitles unreadable. I'd rather check the live programs on TV they list. Thanks for that :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 There are many news clips here with a script of what the newscaster is saying beneath the video. http://www.ch7.com/index.aspx That's a very good source: the written script makes it very easy to read and convenient to copy/paste on an internet translation tool for instant translation of specific words. Great. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 http://www.krobkruak...kkn/?a=homepage used to do that, but the link seems to be dead now... indeed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 also MCOT has a few like this:http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/145853.html This link is even better (the Channel 7 video format doesn't seem to allow for partial replay of the video, only full length). I think I'll try with this one first. Thx again and best wishes to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 (edited) Your general idea is sound - your formal Thai will progress quickly this way. It is clearly spoken at normal speed I find that often the Thai TV news are spoken at above average speed. But nevertheless your other points are correct, and there are definite advantages to following the news and learning to keep up with them. I found this link for deaf people, which has a list of shows that have Thai subtitles ( under the header รายการที่มีคำบรรยายภาษาไทย ). Hope that helps to serve as a starting point. http://nadt.thport.c...gnlanguage.html Interesting link. Their list gives a fair amount of info. I checked a few links to viewable former programs with subtitles but the small format of the compressed video makes subtitles unreadable. I'd rather check the live programs on TV they list. Thanks for that :jap: There is a very good Thai TV site called Doolakorn.com. The videos are very clear and so far I've found 3 series of shows with clearly readable subtitles. There are probably some more just have to find them. They also download w/ realplayer download. http://www.doolakorntv.com/ดูรายการ-ล้อ_เล่น_โลก-ย้อนหลัง.html http://www.doolakorntv.com/ดูรายการ-หนังพาไป-ย้อนหลัง.html http://www.doolakorntv.com/ดูรายการ-กบนอกกะลา-ย้อนหลัง.html Edited December 25, 2010 by klons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Link to Political Talk show series with " Koon Sonthi" Good quality video. Verbatim transcripts included. http://www.manager.co.th/politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9530000181192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 But wait, theres more. http://www.manager.co.th/Home/Sitemap.aspx under breaking news under หน้า 1 ออนไลน์ click ข่าวหน้า 1 look for the ones with the video monitor icon. These I can’t download, but here is a sample of one that also has a you tube version that can download. http://www.manager.co.th/Home/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9540000000250 sample from this link บทสัมภาษณ์ http://www.manager.co.th/Home/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9530000038727 There is also more where Khun Sonthi came from. Additional links on the side. http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9480000176440 BTW. Guess what Khun Sonthi has. The ladies giggled when they said this. บักหำใหญ่ของคุณสนธ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Chinese movie dubbed in Thai with Thai subtitles http://www.doolakorntv.com/ดูซีรีย์-ซูสีไทเฮา-ย้อนหลัง.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Voice TV is worth checking out. Here are links to 2 samples. The transcripts are verbatim, good quality, downloadable http://shows.voicetv.co.th/book-guide/1209-llama-llama-holiday-drama-นิทานดีเพื่อคนทุกวัย.html http://news.voicetv.co.th/thailand/1775-สองหน่วยงานลงนาม-เอ็มโอยูว่าด้วยความเป็นธรรม.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 There are a couple more series shows dubbed in Thai with Thai subs at showmax site. http://www.showmax.tv/ scroll down near the bottom and on left above "most read tags" there is one called Baba Yaya and another called White Spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmono Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 There are a couple more series shows dubbed in Thai with Thai subs at showmax site. http://www.showmax.tv/ scroll down near the bottom and on left above "most read tags" there is one called Baba Yaya and another called White Spring Nice one. I'll be checking out these two shows. Thanks for posting the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Wow, am I ever glad I stumbled across this posting. Links are all still good. When I lived in Japan and was learning Japanese, Japanese subtitles on the news really helped me out. I was a bit bummed that the news here didn't provide much in the way of subtitles, but now thanks to this link I can study up. Would be great if they added more text to the normal news or TV, but these links a huge help. Many, many thanks-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Mango TV is worth checking out. Good quality. This is a piece on Miss Thailand 2011 with transcript. http://www.mangotv.tv/home/program/mango-garden/20110815/2985/จูลี่-พัชริดา-รอดคงคา-คว้า-“มิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์-2011”/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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