Thai Lessons

[Desi Babe]

I am Intersted to learn Thai Language and Can anyone teach me Thai language face to face for few months?

Edited December 4, 2012 by Desi Babe

[leosmith]

That depends. Is the avatar your real face?

[poanoi]

It also depend on your location: at what city ?

[jak2002003]

Where are you staying?

How long do you want to study for?

What level are you at now?

I always recommend to people to go to a proper Thai language school if they are serious about learning Thai. A good school will have properly qualified teachers with lots of experience and good teaching materials.

When I tried to learn Thai from Thai 'teachers' coming to my house they were all quite 'bad' and I none had any method to the teaching - so my Thai language was VERY slow to develop and I almost gave up.

I you don't need the ED visa you can just pay for a set amount of lessons at a school. I can recommend the school I go to - Pro Language. I know they are in Chang Mia, Bangkok and Pattaya. There are other school about also, but I have not tried them. You can look them up on the internet and also go and try free lessons to see if you like them.

Good luck.

[jcnbkk]

Where are you staying?

How long do you want to study for?

What level are you at now?

I always recommend to people to go to a proper Thai language school if they are serious about learning Thai. A good school will have properly qualified teachers with lots of experience and good teaching materials.

When I tried to learn Thai from Thai 'teachers' coming to my house they were all quite 'bad' and I none had any method to the teaching - so my Thai language was VERY slow to develop and I almost gave up.

I you don't need the ED visa you can just pay for a set amount of lessons at a school. I can recommend the school I go to - Pro Language. I know they are in Chang Mia, Bangkok and Pattaya. There are other school about also, but I have not tried them. You can look them up on the internet and also go and try free lessons to see if you like them.

Good luck.

Thanks, I'll check them out. I'm considering a language school since my private teacher(read girlfriend)left. Anybody have any other recommendations?

[poanoi]

No other recommendation, but rather expand on previous recommendation:

On the trial, check out if the teacher is good at explaining,

in a language you can comprehend, noun, verb etc,

this is an indication if it's actually a teacher, or just a nobody.

In fact you are advised to check out at least two places, to get a comparison.

Know that the quality of 'teachers' her is abysmal in general, with very few exceptions

Edited December 9, 2012 by poanoi

[jcnbkk]

No other recommendation, but rather expand on previous recommendation:

On the trial, check out if the teacher is good at explaining,

in a language you can comprehend, noun, verb etc,

this is an indication if it's actually a teacher, or just a nobody.

In fact you are advised to check out at least two places, to get a comparison.

Know that the quality of 'teachers' her is abysmal in general, with very few exceptions

Thanks, know anything about the different teaching methods such as union/unity?

[poanoi]

I think the competence -or lack of competence of the teacher is more important than method,

tho i know some teachers wishing to do more, like giving homework, is prohibited by the school

rationalized by the merchandize that "we dont teach that way" but in reality it is a time/cost saving measure.

ed: inability to explain is rationalized in a similar manner btw

"we have a special technique that require no explanation or competence of teachers"

Edited December 9, 2012 by poanoi

[kpmsprtd]

I recommend AUA's Thai language program. I believe they moved to Chamchuri Square, MRT Sam Yan exit #2. Good luck.

[NoshowJones]

No other recommendation, but rather expand on previous recommendation:

On the trial, check out if the teacher is good at explaining,

in a language you can comprehend, noun, verb etc,

this is an indication if it's actually a teacher, or just a nobody.

In fact you are advised to check out at least two places, to get a comparison.

Know that the quality of 'teachers' her is abysmal in general, with very few exceptions

Make sure the teacher is allowed to speak English to the students during lessons. The language school I went to did not allow the teachers to use English, but my teacher used a bit of common sense (unusual for Thai people) and broke the rules using English when necessary, and it helped me a lot.

[cigar7]

I am interested in a good Thai language school in Pattaya. I have no Thai language ability. Also, I come to Thailand about 3 or 4 times a year and stay for 4 to 8 weeks each time.

I understand that Pro Language is one school. How much do they charge? Any other recommendations for Pattaya?

[poanoi]

Bpoo is easily the most competent teacher in Pattaya,

according to myself & everyone else that studied for her. (and we tried all major schools collectively)

The catch is that she can't do the ED visa as of now, but that also means she charges less.

http://ssschoolth.blogspot.com/

[kikenyoy]

poanoi,

I don't know where soi Batman is and I can't figure it out from the map on her site. From the corner of 3rd road and Pattaya tai (near Tony's) how would I get there?

[poanoi]

Drive until you hit pattaya tai, then turn to sukumvit, get out on sukumvit and turn left,

now driving on sukumvit you will pass a gas station, and another 150 meters you will see

soi 46/3 on your left hand, same side as the gas station.

Turn into soi 46/3 and drive until you see SSschool, perhaps also 150 meters,

and also on left hand

[kikenyoy]

Thanks.

So 46/3 is a dead end soi that is only accessible from Sukumvit? I live on Pattaya 3rd road near Pattaya Tai so it seems like there's an easier way to get there if 46/3 connects to some other main road.

Edited December 17, 2012 by kikenyoy

[poanoi]

Yes, you can also turn from pattaya tai into the little soi that is opposite the entrance to BigC,

i think it is called soi 2 but not sure.

When you drive down you will see the gigantic Batman building, and her school is just to the right of it.

When you see the building you can either drive to left and around, or take the short cut straight over the batman parking lot.

ed: and it is also possible to drive a backward soi from soi bongkot,

but cant explain that one really, only rode that road twice in my life

Edited December 17, 2012 by poanoi