Gwindarr- Thats ok. Now that I am back in the states, I don't have any friends to practice with. This seems like the best place to continue learning though. Thank you for your posts. How long have you been studying Thai, and what got you started, if you don't mind me asking?

Arross - I could, but I don't have a good camera at the moment. I can give it a shot with my webcam, but I don't think the quality would be very good.

Gwindarr,
Can you coach us through the middle class consonants?

Thanks a lot ! you inspire me to learn thai ! Unfortunately we don't have a lot of books here to learn it...

Hey there, have you checked out the algworld videos on youtube? The method seems a little out there but the videos make good listening practice and theres hours of them.

Q - you don't know of any good 'chat' thai radio stations do you? I listen to a few different thai stations now but would prefer one that is more centered around 'chat'.

Cheers

Tom

Thanks for the sub!

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thanks again for the help brett, given it a go tonight, feels like a step forward but 3 steps back! i guess thats normal though. no doubt ill be messaging you again in the near future.....keep up the good work!

Sam - You gotta learn to read. There just isn't any good way around it. Start with the middle class consonants. Once you are solid, move on to the high class letters.
My blog has info for learning the classes and there is plenty of free stuff out there. If you have questions, just ask.

ill be looking forward to the weekly updates if u get round to doing them, those lessons are good to watch and make the lerning easier! requests....probably lots, but i wouldnt know where to start. i think the verbs youve done are helpfull, i guess good for forming basic converstations. im at a stage where i think learning to read could be a good idea but i dont know? any recomendations here or where to start? thanks for your help.... sam