Dear All

A foreigner (not me) would like to have private thai teacher who is flexible because he does not want to attend group learning. I have asked the YMCA and there's a teacher available but it priced 6000 for 20 hours. He reckons it's too expensive. If anybody has a recommendation, please let me know. It will be grateful

A qualified teacher at 6000B for 20 hours is not expensive.

Sure, you can find teachers without any experience teaching Thai to farang that charge 150 or 200 B per hour, but the efficiency of the course will be not that good.

If money is an issue I would follow group courses instead of going for a non-qualified teacher.

Your friend might need to change his/her expectations.

A qualified teacher at 6000B for 20 hours is not expensive.

Sure, you can find teachers without any experience teaching Thai to farang that charge 150 or 200 B per hour, but the efficiency of the course will be not that good.

If money is an issue I would follow group courses instead of going for a non-qualified teacher.

Your friend might need to change his/her expectations.

If the teacher is well prepared and professional then 20 hrs represents a weeks work. This is 24K Bht per month. I think that is a pretty good deal.