Thai Language Class - Intermediate Spoken, Beginner Writing

[Delima]

Hello,

I have been living in Thailand for 7 years, and I can speak basic/intermediate Thai to get by. However I still cannot read/write.

I would like to enrol in a Thai class with the following conditions :
1. Emphasis is on writing.

2. Classes available at night (after 7pm) or weekends

Do you have any recommendation for me ? If you are representative from Thai language schoos in Pattaya, you are welcome to reply here or PM me.

Thank you very much.

[JESSVANPELT]

The lady instructor at Prince Of Wales language school on 3rd road will do any schedule you like and work on anything you wish. She is on 3rd road across from the Buffalo bar, next to the EIGCO co. offices. Out door seating.

She has been around for more then 15 years

[JJ Madcow]

If it was me, I find on the internet print able consonant & vowels table.
So you can lean how to write them, and getting to know the names of them.

Everyone can do that them self. I know not everyone like to sit and write over pre-printe letter, But i think it is the way to do it, It work for me after all...

But it is good and fast way to learn it.

All so the flashcard with consonant & vowels is very good for your memory, Many game can be play.

So it can be fun and you learn same time.

Maybe learn to put the consonant into the correct group (Lower - mid - high) all so easy to learn you self, and make write / read easy.

If you don´t have to learn that first with a teacher.

There is no need to pay someone for this part.

It only take time, practice and some memory to get that.

When you get the hang of it.

Go to a Real school / Universitet at look for a a Real teacher to help you out.

I am sure someone like to make some ekstra money.

Kindly.

[andre47]

On YouTube you can try to look at the video's from Ruedi Seiler about reading and writing. I like them very much.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ruediseilerthailanguageprogram

[Guderian]

This guy's free online course taught me how to read basic Thai and it's good fun to learn to do it.

http://phil.uk.net/thailand/learn_to_read_thai_tutorial_1.html

The tone rules are still something I'm a bit too lazy to learn by heart though.

Writing Thai is a different matter entirely as it seems to me that figuring out which of the multiple consonants with the same sound (think of the 's' or 'k' sounds) to use is just a matter of rote learning word by word, not much fun and hard work.

[andre47]

Writing Thai is a different matter entirely as it seems to me that figuring out which of the multiple consonants with the same sound (think of the 's' or 'k' sounds) to use is just a matter of rote learning word by word, not much fun and hard work.

Yes, my aim is, to learn reading only. That can be done and is not too difficult.

Writing is for me too difficult. Hopefully I will remember the writing of the most common words in a while, but I will never be able to write Thai same I've learned it for the English language.