In our continuing Thai language series, we are pleased to welcome film and television actor, translator, and all-around nice guy Peter Tuinstra. Peter’s path to learning Thai was a bit different than most students as he studied under the watchful eye of the U.S. Air Force at the elite Defense Language Institute; 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 1 year.
Bangkok Podcast talks to Mod, who is a Thai language instructor. She who gives us some interesting insights into what problems we all have, how we sound to Thai ears, and how our native accents affect our speaking ability.
On this episode of Bangkok Podcast we talk to Brett Whiteside from the website Learn Thai From A White Guy. Brett is one of the few foreigners in Thailand who teach Thai and he talks to us about his road from wide-eyed tourist to competent speaker, translator, consultant and tutor is unique in that the only person he had help him was himself.
In our continuing Thai language series we are joined by Daniel Fraser – co-founder of Smiling Albino, film actor, television host, and of course, speaker of Thai. Dan gives us a very funny and insightful into how he learned Thai and how speaking Thai has helped him grow his business.
We’re joined once again by our Thai language Jedi Rikker Dockum as he talks about the particulars of the Thai language, how the human brain processes it, and some of the roadblocks that we encounter (or make) as we attempt to learn it. He also tells us how he keeps his Thai skills sharp, how age plays a role in learning language, and the value of making mistakes. Listen Now »
In our continuing Thai language series, we talk to ‘Thai Language Jedi’ Rikker Dockum about Thai phrases that have no direct translation into English. What exactly does ‘Mai Pen Rai’ mean, and why is more than just a phrase? How do you tell someone ‘Greng Jai’ without leading to a Marx Brothers-style contest on who wants to disturb the other person the least? Listen Now »
Adam Bradshaw joins us to talk about his Thai Youtube channel and how his Thai audience thought his voice was dubbed by a Thai speaker, the methods he used for learning Thai, and how he interviewed the Prime Minister of Thailand in Thai. Listen Now »
We are joined by Hamish Chalmers, who is a teacher at an international school, he has some unique insights into how students learn languages, what methodologies work best, and how teachers can shape their lessons to suit each students’ particular needs. Listen Now »
On this episode we look at Thai holidays. It can be confusing sometimes keeping them all straight, because while many western holidays have made it to Bangkok – Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, etc – there are also the Thai holidays to keep track of – Songkran, Macha Bucha, and Father’s, Mother’s and Children’s day, among others. Listen Now »
On this episode of Bangkok Podcast we talk about the complex sounds of the Thai vowels. Vowels can come before, after, above, below, or around the consonant that they modify, it’s no wonder that Tony and Greg (and many others) are left scratching their heads. Listen Now »
