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I have been to Thailand once thus far and will be going back quite often for the forseeable futre. I was wondering from those of you that speak Thai or have learned Thai, what your opinion of the Rosetta Stone program is? Is it worth the money and has anyone used it? If so how well did it work?

 

Im very much interested in learning Thai and have a knack with languages however, Thai being a tonal language makes it extremely difficult to learn from a book.

 

Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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I threw down for RS and it is good, but not great. I got really bored with it pretty quickly and I have never finished the disk after having it for more than 2 years. I think the Pimsleur audio CDs give you a better foundation for everyday conversation, I often listen to the lessons in my car where I can speak along with the CD. I think I've had more benefit from Pimsleur than RS, thought I have to admit I have learned a lot from RS as well, just doesn't seem to be as useful for everyday conversation (its more like a vocabulary builder). RS is expensive and AFAIK cannot be had for free, Pimsluer is just audio CDs, so you can find it for (illegal) download if you look around (also very expensive to buy). If you do download it, and find it useful, it would probably be good karma to buy it if you find it useful, though it is really over-priced as well.

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Wait until your next trip and go to Tucom. You can get a copy there cheap. Alternatively have a look for a bittorrent. Not sure about the copyright issues doing it that way.. :Hug1:

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Appreciate the input guys, thanks. Can someone suggest a descent book to get me started?

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I've personally found rosetta stone to be more effective than pimsleur, especially for languages that have very different roots than the English language. I do though, have quite a bad ear for tones, music etc, thus pimsleur by itself is very difficult for me. Your own experience may vary.

 

The best method I have found, no matter what language you're trying to learn, is to hook up with a _patient_ emphasis on patient, member of the opposite sex who fluently speaks your language, and is willing to help you learn.

 

The best time to do that, is after you've had a bit of a base with either pimsleur/rosetta or some other lessons, so that you're not starting off at ground zero. You'll find your learning ability/rate will increase dramatically.

 

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I've personally found rosetta stone to be more effective than pimsleur, especially for languages that have very different roots than the English language. I do though, have quite a bad ear for tones, music etc, thus pimsleur by itself is very difficult for me. Your own experience may vary.

 

The best method I have found, no matter what language you're trying to learn, is to hook up with a _patient_ emphasis on patient, member of the opposite sex who fluently speaks your language, and is willing to help you learn.

 

The best time to do that, is after you've had a bit of a base with either pimsleur/rosetta or some other lessons, so that you're not starting off at ground zero. You'll find your learning ability/rate will increase dramatically.

 

cheers

 

 

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800 baht for 2 dvd in tukcom with 26 languages on them.

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I purchased rosetta stone from Pantip Plaza in BKK. I do not remember the price but it was cheap. I have been using it for a while now and I like it.

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Rosetta Stone is excellent for languages using the Western Alphabet. The problem with the Thai version is that you hear the speaker and see the picture, but your ear sometimes can't catch the slight differences in pronunciation, and you can't read the thai script to tell. (Is it Mai Pen Rai or Mai Pen Lai?)

 

And don't even get me started on classifiers!

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Wait until your next trip and go to Tucom. You can get a copy there cheap. Alternatively have a look for a bittorrent. Not sure about the copyright issues doing it that way.. :ThankGod1:

 

Scumbag do they have different languages available or just Thai and English? and which floor? I need to get Arabic 3 the first tow I got from a friend of mine, but he has not been around lately.

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Just use the search button. There are better options than RS. IMO.

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I need to learn from a westerner who speaks thai, because I can't understand Thais well enough to reproduce those sounds.

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Appreciate the input guys, thanks. Can someone suggest a descent book to get me started?

 

My input from what i've seen so far.....

 

I started RS, got board with it...but what little I did with it I remember to this day (a year later) so I think it is effective if you can be disciplined.

 

I can't tell you how many people have recommended the Benjawan Poomsan Becker books/tapes, it would seem you can't go wrong with these.

 

 

Good luck.

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