harrry Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I have been led to believe that a new interest has developed in Thailand. Reading. People are reading everywhere. May I suggest that in order to encourage comprehension the powers to be arange for tests on their comprehension of the material and arange food and accomodation to enable them to become more competant at least at reading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Yeah they are reading "line" or "facebook" or anything else smartphone/tab related, in my observation, always got there face stuck in the device ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 yeah comics for 3 year olds maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodie Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 10 000 + posts and they finally got to you.I will visit you there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I don't understand. Neither do I. OP, can you make it more plain English, so I can understand what are you trying to say? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Is it that they are reading 1984 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 The wife is an avid reader ,used to read my Grisham books in English ,but very hard going for her ,now many falang authers are translated into Thai ,so much easier for her , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Where did you observe this OP,in a library,if such a thing exist's in Thailand,it is the only place i can think of,my wife has three books,one a thai to english dictionary and 2 on Budda,her step daughter has a couple ,her step son{who is i admit rather dim],none,so per se i would say your post is wrong in it's conclusion,as a recent news story exposed the fact that a quarter of the population are ,unable to read or write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Nothin like reedin to improvove a persons speling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 May I suggest that in order to encourage comprehension the powers to be arange for tests on their comprehension of the material and arange food and accomodation to enable them to become more competant at least at reading. ?????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 According to 'Read for Life' Thais read on the average 5 books a year. I don't believe this da*n statistic, I think they did their survey amongst students or something, and certainly not in rural areas. In Vietnam they read 30 books a year each. Having said that, I wonder how many books a year Farangs read? I only read learn Thai textbooks at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Every 7-11 has a book section with lots of Thai romance fluff but also more solid items like the bio of Steve Jobs in Thai -- 7-11 has every cm of linear shelf space analyzed in detail and the books wouldn't be there if there was not sufficient turnover. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 According to 'Read for Life' Thais read on the average 5 books a year. I don't believe this da*n statistic, I think they did their survey amongst students or something, and certainly not in rural areas. In Vietnam they read 30 books a year each. Having said that, I wonder how many books a year Farangs read? I only read learn Thai textbooks at present. how many books a year would a farang farmer with a primary school education read if he had to work the same hours as a thai farmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 How many books would a falang read if there wasn't ThaiVisa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 How many books would a falang read if there wasn't ThaiVisa? Or conversely, I read Thaivisa so why should I hafta read any books? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 It seems some TV members do not read many Newspapers. Only one got the point with the reference to George Orwells book. I was referring of course to the readings of books together with eating sandwiches that the authorities have objected to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdanielmcev Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Book him Danno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattszero Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Where was it said they were reading books? I read the survey last week, it didn't mention books, it mentioned reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Book capital of the world! Bwa ha hahhahahah! Oh, wait, no problem then, because the pages are blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 If it makes them happy why the h_ll should you care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globalist Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 According to 'Read for Life' Thais read on the average 5 books a year. I don't believe this da*n statistic, I think they did their survey amongst students or something, and certainly not in rural areas. In Vietnam they read 30 books a year each. Having said that, I wonder how many books a year Farangs read? I only read learn Thai textbooks at present. how many books a year would a farang farmer with a primary school education read if he had to work the same hours as a thai farmer? Is it obvious that a Thai farmer works more hours than a "farang" farmer, on average..? Personally, I doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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