Learn Thai For Beginners

You may be tempted to go straight to your local language course provider your sign up for a Thai course, however you should consider using Thai for Beginners first. Not only will you say money but you will learn Thai at your own pace and in your own time.

Instructor led Thai language courses can be frustrating as the Thai teacher works their way around the room trying to correct the pronunciation of every single student, one by one.

Even if you simply concentrate on the Thai for Beginners audio CDs that come with this Thai for Beginners language pack you will be much better off than most students attending a Thai language course.

One of the popular parts of the Thai for Beginners course is the Thai writing section where you are introduced to the beautiful Thai script. Learning the Thai writing system is actually very useful for getting your Thai tones right. Written Thai actually shows you which tones you should be using when speaking aloud.

You can see from the image to the right that Thai For Beginners shows you exactly how to write each Thai character. Getting the stroke order and direction right is important for writing Thai.

You'll quickly notice that writing the Thai characters is not that difficult. Even if you don't understand their meaning just yet you can still learn to write in Thai. In fact the Thai writing is one of the top reasons westerners develop an interest in learning Thai in the first place.

Thai for Beginners gets into the Thai script right form the first chapter however this isn't the focus of this course. Writing has been including to give you a rounded introduction.

If you learn how to write Thai script you will not only impress your friends but also the Thai people. It is an incredibly useful skill that will smooth your travel to Thailand for both personal and business interests.

Here are some interesting facts about the Thai language:

• Thai is spoken by over 61 million people.
• The written language is an abugida script.
• 'Standard Thai' or 'Central Thai' is the official language in Thailand.
• It is a tonal language (5 tones) - low, mid, high, rising and falling tones.
• Thai nouns have no gender.

The following are the various Thai contexts in which it is spoken:

• Street or common Thai.
• Formal Thai.
• Rhetorical Thai.
• Religous Thai.
• Royal Thai.

Your day to day Thai conversations are usually a mix of common and formal Thai.

If you are going to the "Land of Smiles" as it is called in Thailand then there are some official web sites that will interest you:

• Department of Foreign Affairs & Travel Registry
  A must for any Australian traveller, this web site allows you to register your travel plans so that the government can locate you in an emergency.
• SmartTraveller.gov.au Travel Advice for Thailand
  Here you can see the latest travel warnings and notices current for Thailand.
• Thai Embassy Australia

English is not as widely spoken in Thailand as you may be hoping so don't get caught out, start learning to speak Thai now! Order you copy of Thai for Beginners.