Speak Thai Course

Develop Speaking and Listening Skills Set

 

Aims:

• Foundation on history and how Thai language has evolved to the Thai language we use nowadays
• Learn Thai pronunciation, Thai sounds and tones
• Vocabulary used in everyday life
• Sentence structure and grammar
• Thai Culture, beliefs, customs, ethics, mannerism, attitude, characteristics and more

 

Achievement:

• Understand about the history and how Thai language has evolved to the Thai language we use nowadays
• Understand the main principles of Thai language; pronunciation, know basic vocabulary, grammar, culture, manners and characteristics of Thais
• Students are able to understand and speak everyday conversation used in everyday life

 

 

Read & Write Thai Course

Develop Reading and Writing Skills Set

 

Aims:

• Learn to write Thai consonants and the correct pronunciation
• Learn the different groups of the consonants and the reasons why we group them
• Learn to write Thai vowels and the correct pronunciation
• Learn the different groups of the vowels and the reasons why we group them
• Learn about final consonants and the correct pronunciation
• Learn to write tone marks and the tone modulation systems and correct pronunciation
• Learn about other language symbols and systems for Thai writing system
• Learn to read Thai syllables, words and sentences correctly

Achievement:

• Can read and write Thai syllables, words and sentences correctly

Who is it for?

• Suitable for complete beginners
• Suitable for people who already speak basic Thai and wish to develop further
• Suitable for learners committed to developing fluency, speak Thai and read and write Thai

 

Note: This course guides you to learn to speak everyday Thai conversation and to read and write Thai script. Recommended for learners who have a long term goal in developing fluency.

Materials

 

There is a LOT of material provided to help you learn effectively. Learn by yourself or with a Thai Style freelance teacher or both in order to progress effectively. The modern learning materials have been developed by me, Kruu Jiab, from scratch and include;

 

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1. Written Materials

Learn new thing and test yourself

Easy to follow & detailed PDF worksheets which separated to Study Sheets and Exercise Sheets (homework). Written materials teach you new Thai words in each section of the chapter, explanation on how to use the words and construct Thai sentences correctly as well as explanation on Thai culture and characteristics, etc.

• 89 structured chapters help you to learn step-by-step with your teacher
• Clear explanations give you a complete overview of the Thai language
• Learn lots of vocabulary, sentence structure and conversation skills as well as Thai culture, history and the principles of Thai language
• Very logical and easy to follow modules will be adapted to suit every individual
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2. Audio Materials

Train your ears listening to Thai words and speech

High quality & great for your MP3 Player is created for you to use to learn and practise your listening skills.

• Every written words and sentences on the Study Sheets has audios for you to practise your listening skills
• Follow the written materials with Practice Audio and complete Exercise Audio (homework tasks)
• Over 25 hours which you can listen online or download to your computer or MP3 Player
• The audio helps you develop listening skills as well as remind you the pronunciation, tone(s) and meaning of every new word
• A male and female Thai speaker help you to hear the difference between a feminine and masculine voice
• Dialogue audio helps you listen to how Thai people speak

 

3. Video Materials

Watch Kruu Jiab’s video lessons about pronunciations, Thai scripts, certain grammars, use of words, etc.

• Follow the written materials and watch video online
• Over 5 hours

 

4. Online Learning Space

Student Hub Page is an online learning space. Login to get access to the purchased course materials as well as lots and lots of supplemental materials that are updated and added often.

• Look at the Worksheets online or download on to your device to print out
• Listen to the MP3 Audio online or download on to your device and play the audio anytime you have time to practise, in the car, etc.
• Test your Thai with the Online Quizzes
• Get access to create your own Smart Flashcards to practise your Thai
• Links and Recommendations to other great learning resources to use as supplement learning materials such as online dictionary, Thai keyboard practice, Thai songs youtube channels, etc.
• Learn Thai Blog to get Helpful Hints & Tips
• Follow Kruu Jiab on Facebook and Instagram to learn new words, new post at least once a week

 

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One-Off Payment

• Lifetime access to an online learning space, Student Hub Page, to get access to purchased materials
• Access to a free service to find an online or local freelance Thai Style trained teacher for you learn the course with.
• You can change teacher / location anytime. *On a Fair Use Policy and Change Teacher Policy
• Support from Thai Style throughout your learning experience

 

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Speak, Read & Write Thai Course

 

Speak Thai = 3 stages = 30 chapters = 6 Workbooks (Study & Exercise) = 1,000+ Pages

Read & Write Thai = 7 stages = 30 Study Chapters + 29 Practice Chapters = 3 Workbooks = 350+ Pages

 

Speak Thai Course

Stage 1

Learning the principles of Thai language is very important as it helps and leads to a good understanding of Thai and can be used as a reference for what you will learn in the future. 1. The principles of Thai language (1) 2. Transliteration & pronunciation guide 3. Symbols, lesson plans and learning guide Chapter 1: Greeting; formal greeting, informal greeting, traditional way of greeting Chapter 2: Meeting people; how to ask ‘What’s your name?, real/official name, nickname, and how to say nice to meet you Chapter 3: About yourself; Job/occupation, nationality, hometown, etc. Chapter 4: Addressing people; personal pronouns used in different situations Chapter 5 : Family Chapter 6 : Numbers Chapter 7 : Classifiers & Counting system Chapter 8 : Desire & Requesting Chapter 9 : Things – Singular / Plural (1) Chapter 10 : Things – Singular / Plural (2)

Stage 2

During the second stage, we aim to build up a lot of vocabulary, Thai grammar and emphasize on how to construct sentences. 1. The principles of Thai language (2) Chapter 11 : Manners & Daily Vocab Chapter 12 : Verb to be; is/am/are) Chapter 13 : To Do, Have, Take, Obtain and Give Chapter 14 : Yes/No Q. Words & Tags Chapter 15 : Time Words/Phrases Chapter 16 : Tense Words Chapter 17 : Clock Time and Time Units, Prepositions and Questions Chapter 18 : Places and Direction Chapter 19 : Senses Chapter 20 : Conjunctions and Prepositions

Stage 3

You should now have enough vocabulary to hold basic conversations and a good understanding of Thai grammar. During stage 3 we aim to help you develop conversation in order to speak naturally like Thai people, build confidence and practise constructing sentences. 1. The principles of Thai language (3) Chapter 21 : Wh-questions (1) Chapter 22 : Wh-questions (2) Chapter 23 : Colour & Body Chapter 24 : Body, Feelings and Conditions Chapter 25 : Body Language & Emotion Chapter 26 : Expressions & Characteristics Chapter 27 : Money & Trading Chapter 28 : Telephone, Mail, Internet Chapter 29 : Travelling (1) Chapter 30 : Travelling (2)

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Read & Write Thai Course

Stage 1: Main Consonants (Chapter 1-9)

– Memorize and learn about the 44 consonant letters which are divided into 3 groups, – 9 medium tone consonant letters – 10 nasal consonant letters – 25 twin consonant letters which are separated into 2 parts; rising tone consonants and low-medium tone consonants – Practise reading, writing and the basic word system  

Stage 2: Vowels (Chapter 10-18)

– 18 single vowel letters – 4 extra vowel letters – 6 combined vowel letters – Practise reading, writing and the basic word system  

Stage 3: Final Consonants (Chapter 19-21)

– Final consonants – Extra language symbols – Thai vowels with final consonant modulation – Live & Dead syllables – Practise reading, writing and analyzing the words  

Stage 4: Tones (Chapter 22-26)

– Tones and Tone marks – Medium consonant tone modulation table – Nasal consonants tone modulation table – Twin consonants tone modulation table – Model words for tones – Practise reading, writing and analyzing the words  

Stage 5: Extra Sounds and Grammar (Chapter 27-29)

– Inherent vowels – Consonant clusters – Ligature characters – Practise reading, writing and analyzing the words  

Stage 6 & 7: Practise (Chapter 30-59)

Write Thai words, sentences and dialogue used in every day conversation; – Greeting – Meeting people – About oneself – Addressing words – Family – Numbers – Classifier / Numerative / Counting system – Desire and Requesting

What is the method to help you become confident in speak, reading and writing Thai?

• Learn to make Thai sounds and tones to pronounce Thai words correctly
• Use repetition to help you memorise until you can differentiate different sounds and tones
• Practise listening until you can distinguish Thai sounds and tones
• Build up lots of vocabulary and understand Thai language structure
• Learn how to make formal and informal sentences
• Practise conversation with your friend or your teacher to help you speak naturally
• Memorise the Thai scripts, learn to make Thai sounds and tones to pronounce Thai words correctly
• Use repetition to help you memorise until you can differentiate different sounds and tones
• Practise listening until you can distinguish Thai sounds and tones
• Writing a lot of vocabulary and understand Thai language structure
• Practise reading and writing with your friend or your teacher to help you read and write naturally

My Speak, Read and Thai Course uses a new, unique and logical system that I have developed from scratch to teach you how to speak Thai language using the English alphabet (Phonetic letters) and to learn to read and write Thai. I have trained my team of freelance teacher to use my method and system.

What is the method to help you become confident in speak Thai?

• Learn to make Thai sounds and tones to pronounce Thai words correctly
• Use repetition to help you memorise until you can differentiate different sounds and tones
• Practise listening until you can distinguish Thai sounds and tones
• Build up lots of vocabulary and understand Thai language structure
• Learn how to make formal and informal sentences
• Practise conversation with your friend or your teacher to help you speak naturally
• Memorise the Thai scripts, learn to make Thai sounds and tones to pronounce Thai words correctly
• Use repetition to help you memorise until you can differentiate different sounds and tones
• Practise listening until you can distinguish Thai sounds and tones
• Writing a lot of vocabulary and understand Thai language structure
• Practise reading and writing with your friend or your teacher to help you read and write naturally

My Speak, Read and Thai Course uses a new, unique and logical system that I have developed from scratch to teach you how to speak Thai language using the English alphabet (Phonetic letters) and to learn to read and write Thai. I have trained my team of freelance teacher to use my method and system.

It’s a self study course so there is no set duration.

Every learner is different and there is no ‘one size fits all’ method to learn any language. Therefore, there is no set duration to learn my courses. Learn for as long as you need at a pace to suit you.

 

How does it take to complete the course when learning with a teacher?

The average learner will complete the Short Thai Course in around 20 hours private tuition. This may be more or less depending on your starting skills, how you learn a language and how much time you practise.

 

• Lifetime access to the course materials
• Come with a service to find a teacher for you to learn with
• 350 baht for online teacher and teachers in Thailand
• Other teacher locations are subject to country rate
• Only pay for the time you learn so you don’t lose out when you want to stop learning
• Start > Stop > Start Anytime
• Change Teacher/Location Anytime. *On a fair use service. See Change Teacher Policy

Learning with a teacher so you need a lesson plan:

 

• Each chapter may be taught in 1 – 2 hours or even more depending on each individual learner
• We advise learners to attend 1-2 hour lesson one or two lessons per week
• Try to leave 2 or 3 days between lessons to give yourself time to practise and consolidate new skills
• Practise after your lessons with the self study materials; Study Sheets, Exercise/Homework sheets, Audio, Video, Online Quizzes. It is the key to progressing. A teacher can teach you how to speak Thai but a teacher can’t help you to remember everything.
• Lessons are flexible, your teacher will adapt the materials to suit you
• Not everything can be put in a book, if you have a special request on certain subject you can request the teacher to help you on those subjects.

Learn by Yourself

If you are not sure about purchasing the course, you can Book a One Hour Free Trial Lesson with Kruu Jiab. I will introduce you to my courses and show how you can get the best out of the learning materials.

Learn with a Teacher

As explained, I am here to help my students (course purchased clients). You can request me to find an online or local teacher, if there is any local teacher in your area. For certainty and security, the teacher and the student prefer to meet before commencing paid lessons therefore Thai Style teachers provide a one hour ‘online or face to face’ free trial lesson to Thai Style students, meet & greet, explaining about the materials, discussing about current skills, learning aims, lesson plan and work out the logistics and payment method of the lessons.

In the case that you request the teacher to travel to meet you at your home, office or any place that they have to travel for a free trial lesson, I suggest you pay for the teacher’s travel costs for the trial lesson. They provide up to one hour meet & greet, introduction for free, so covering travel costs is only fair. 

If you are not sure about purchasing the course before meeting your Thai Style teacher, you can Book a One hour Free Trial Lesson with Your Teacher. This one hour free trial lesson will be on online platform via Thai Style Skype Account, Zoom Account or Microsoft Teams Account.

Note: If after a trial lesson you feel your allocated teacher is not right for you, you can provide me with feedback and request a new teacher for another trial lesson (subject to availability).

 

• Meet your teacher
• Introduction to learning
• Discuss lesson logistics 
• Get off to the best start!

Two Versions

With & Without Phonetic/Transliteration Letters

For beginners with an aim to learn Thai script, but reply on phonetic/transliteration at the start of your learning experience, having access to both versions of the course will help you progress from phonetic/transliteration as a beginner to using Thai script only in the future.

When you are able to read Thai, phonetic/transliteration can be very distracting. So two versions of the course materials are important to help you progress at a pace and time to suit you.

Online Brianscrape Flashcards

• We have created online flashcards using the Brainscape.
• If you would like to create extra flashcards for yourself, you can visit https://www.brainscape.com