I run versions in Thai for Thais and in English for English speakers learning Thai. For many years it has been a face to face programme that usually lasts around 16 hours. I have been running my Cracking Thai Fundamentals programme since 2000. It's always good to get constructive feedback to improve future versions. I am a fan of his on-line videos, but cannot recommend the book. The images in the book are of low quality and often unclear and not helpful. There are wild, arbitrary, jarring changes in font sizes and there is so much white space in the book that there are probably about 200 wasted pages! I'm guessing this has to do with the way the book was printed from the electronic version. He often refers to the digital version of the book for exercises and explanation, but this is not useful unless you have purchased it as well!Īdditionally the typography is horrendous. I found his mouth exercises and explanations equally unhelpful. I'm sure this is very interesting to scholars, but is not in the least helpful for learning the language. He spends a great deal of the book talking about the relationship and history of the Thai language to other Asian languages. I am an intermediate speaker of Thai and I found the book of little help. I bought the book a few weeks ago and I am disappointed with it.
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