Tod Daniels 
Review: 5000 Thai Idioms… Title: ๕,๐๐๐ สำนวนไทย (นับแต่อดีตจวบจนปัจุบัน)5000 Thai idioms; from the past right on up to now! [paraphrased]Author: เอกรัตน์ อุดมพรISBN: 978-974521855-0 First off I wanna say that “5000 Thai Idioms” was recommended by David Rubin who is DavidandBui from the Thai Language dot com dictionary/forum website. They have a great website! It has a … Read more
Hitting the wall when learning Thai… There are more than enough articles out there about second language acquisition where they allude to “the wall”. This is where you know enough to meet your basic needs, yet can’t keep up with conversations spoken at speed by native speakers. Sadly, I’ve got news for you. There’s a … Read more
Review: Domnern Sathienpong Thai-English Dictionary… Title: Domnern Sathienpong Thai English Dictionary 4th EditionAuthors: G. Domnern, W. SathienpongISBN: 9789742129200Pages: 800Price: 395baht (hardbound CD and larger font) 255 baht (paperback)Availability: Just about anywhere which sells Thai books, Se-Ed, B2S, Asia Books, Kinokunia, Chula Books, etc. I normally write reviews about Thai language schools and articles about my … Read more
Eavesdropping and the Thai language rote rut… While touring Thai language schools in Bangkok I’ve met some fairly adept parrots of Thai. By the term “parrots” I mean someone who’s memorized (or been taught) conversational dialog by rote. And if you remember, in The “I’m Good Enough at Thai to Know I Suck” Stage I … Read more
Yeah, I really suck at Thai… There comes a point in almost everyone’s attempt at learning a language where they gain enough proficiency to know, well… to realize that they pretty much suck at it! This can be due to a variety of reasons, especially for a tonal language such as Thai, with its rigid … Read more
There’s a tipping point when learning Thai… I’ve studied the Thai language for about 4 years now. I can speak about anything which I wanna talk about with Thais in something which resembles Thai enough that the Thais seem to understand and reply in kind. I can read far above my spoken level, write Thai, … Read more