Learn Thai in Ubon

[andyphuket]

Is there any kind soul who could point me in the right direction. I want to learn Thai, but I don't have the discipline to do it by myself, so I need to find a school. Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks. [emoji3]

[happynthailand]

have you tryed googleing "learning thai in ubon,thailand" ?

that might help

[lostinisaan]

have you tryed googleing "learning thai in ubon,thailand" ?

that might help

It might help, if you could post some useful information and not some Google bla bla. Some first hand experience, maybe...

[SantiSuk]

Kroo Ooh in the Old Town is the recognised go to teacher. She has a small teaching 'shop' on Tha Ratchabut. From the Shell service station on Tha Upparat (the one that is at the south west corner of Thung Si Muang ('Candle Park'), head east along the southern edge of Thung Si Muang. At the lights turn right (southbound) down Ratchabut. Kroo Ooh's 'shop' is on the left hand side just before the second crossroads (where Ratchabut crosses Tha Prommarat).

I have not used her for teaching Thai but have used her for translations. Very pleasant and with good English (married to a Barnsley lad I believe!). I know others who have been taught and speak well of her. Maybe Thai visa member Patriot will comment.

PM me if you need her phone number

[Patriot]

Kroo Ooh in the Old Town is the recognised go to teacher. She has a small teaching 'shop' on Tha Ratchabut. From the Shell service station on Tha Upparat (the one that is at the south west corner of Thung Si Muang ('Candle Park'), head east along the southern edge of Thung Si Muang. At the lights turn right (southbound) down Ratchabut. Kroo Ooh's 'shop' is on the left hand side just before the second crossroads (where Ratchabut crosses Tha Prommarat).

I have not used her for teaching Thai but have used her for translations. Very pleasant and with good English (married to a Barnsley lad I believe!). I know others who have been taught and speak well of her. Maybe Thai visa member Patriot will comment.

PM me if you need her phone number

Please try Kroo Ooh. Her English is impeccable and if I had more time, i.e. not having to go away to work, I'd be back learning with her again.

My daughter has English lessons every weekend mornings and she has given her the confidence to speak the language.

Santi Suk's directions, above, are spot on ... attention to detail ... he must have been an accountant!!

BTW SS, hope you and your family are well ... looks like we have an exciting end to the season!!!

Just to reiterate, please drop by and have a chat with Ooh; you will not be disappointed.

[happynthailand]

Posted Yesterday, 22:24

happynthailand, on 20 Apr 2015 - 20:12, said:

have you tryed googleing "learning thai in ubon,thailand" ?

that might help

It might help, if you could post some useful information and not some Google bla bla. Some first hand experience, maybe...

that was/is useful information there are 8 or 9 places to learn thai in ubon,let him pick the one he would likes

[SlyAnimal]

learnthaistyle has tutors across all of Thailand (And actually in other countries as well), I think they charge around 300 THB per hour + travel expenses usually (paid directly to your tutor), although also have an initial fee which you pay upfront which gives you access to course material based on your level, which you can use with your tutor (I quite liked a lot of the course material, although didn't use it as I initially had set areas which I wanted to work on, but might use it this year as most of it seemed pretty good).

[Neeranam]

Kroo Ooh in the Old Town is the recognised go to teacher. She has a small teaching 'shop' on Tha Ratchabut. From the Shell service station on Tha Upparat (the one that is at the south west corner of Thung Si Muang ('Candle Park'), head east along the southern edge of Thung Si Muang. At the lights turn right (southbound) down Ratchabut. Kroo Ooh's 'shop' is on the left hand side just before the second crossroads (where Ratchabut crosses Tha Prommarat).

I have not used her for teaching Thai but have used her for translations. Very pleasant and with good English (married to a Barnsley lad I believe!). I know others who have been taught and speak well of her. Maybe Thai visa member Patriot will comment.

PM me if you need her phone number

Please try Kroo Ooh. Her English is impeccable and if I had more time, i.e. not having to go away to work, I'd be back learning with her again.

My daughter has English lessons every weekend mornings and she has given her the confidence to speak the language.

Santi Suk's directions, above, are spot on ... attention to detail ... he must have been an accountant!!

BTW SS, hope you and your family are well ... looks like we have an exciting end to the season!!!

Just to reiterate, please drop by and have a chat with Ooh; you will not be disappointed.

You don't want a teacher who speaks English. Her level of English is probably detrimental. Immersion and speaking L1 language only is the best way to learn

[kanderson]

I think it would be L2 for the learner. Explanations in English could make learning faster.

Who knows !

Chook Dee

[Neeranam]

I think it would be L2 for the learner. Explanations in English could make learning faster.

Who knows !

Chook Dee

The linguistic experts know.

Even ask any decent English teacher who has done a proper TEFL course.

My biggest step in learning Thai was when I stopped trying to translate everything.

A thai teacher who has to explain things in English is a poor teacher.

[SlyAnimal]

Learning from a teacher who can speak English is helpful, although they shouldn't speak in English while teaching.

As when they understand English, they can understand the mistakes which you are making and more effectively teach you how to fix them.

When I was studying Thai at Chula, all of the teacher's could speak very very good English, but most only used it very rarely. With one teacher, he'd been teaching me for around 5h until I realized he could speak English as well or better than most native speaker.

[DreamRider]

How can a Thai teacher who explains things in English be a bad teacher??

Strange comment

Edited April 24, 2015 by DreamRider

[SlyAnimal]

How can a Thai teacher who explains things in English be a bad teacher??

Strange comment

The reason why they said that, is because when you're learning a language, it's best to learn via immersion.

i.e. If your teacher not only tells you the vocabulary in Thai, but also uses full sentences (in Thai) to explain the words, + requires you to ask them questions in Thai, then you'll get additional practice in both listening & speaking Thai. Likewise of course, you should be taught using the Thai alphabet rather than phonetics using Latin characters.

In the earlier stages of learning, using English translations of words is extremely helpful for some words, and likewise even later on there are some words which might be difficult to explain in Thai, because the learners don't have enough vocabulary to understand the explanation e.g. One of my teachers was pretty stumped when trying to explain the difference between 2x Thai words, so eventually just told us that they were essentially remember & recall.

Edit: Oh and yeah, the teacher being able to speak English is a bonus, so long as they know to not speak in English too often And likewise if they force the student to speak to them in Thai (At least at the intermediate stages anyway, obviously at the absolute beginner stage the student can't really say any of the things they want to ask lol).

[DreamRider]

I totally agree with your post Sly.

I got the impression that the OP was a beginner and therefore explanations in English (or Swedish!) could only be beneficial initially and not "bad teaching".

[Patriot]

My lessons with Kroo Ooh were such that no English was spoken apart from a 5 minute "wash up" at the end of the period.

Seems a pretty sensible way of proceeding.

BTW her English is totally fluent, not the slightest "detrimental".

I suggest that anyone interested should at least meet her and makes one's own mind up.

As Dreamrider mentioned the OP is interested in learning the basics; she's more than qualified for that.

[ubonrthai]

I agree immersion is necessary but there comes a time in your study when you simply need a concept explained in English; otherwise it's useless information.