The 15 cd /30 lesson course.
Im in Pattaya next week.

um... Are you saying you need this, or have it and recommend it?

If you need it... let me know. I can give you a link to download it from my servers.

Frosty

Thanks Frosty, no i have the cd's. Used them for the past year. Doubt they would get any takers from the local thrift shop. I would be willing to give them to an interested Bm , just didnt' want to pack them for no reason. Tracked your package, should arrive Monday or Tues my time. Will catch up with you late next week in Patts. Bill

I remember using that course, i then started having lessons from a Thai who told me that alot of it was wrong !
Learning conversational Thai one to one with a national is the best way, i learnt more useful information in the first lesson than from the whole course.

Ergodyne, one on one teaching is the way to go. I was taking lessons with a teacher based in Bangkok via skype. I can recommend her. Cost about 15usd/hour . Pimsluer is a good start for basic vocab.

I agree, for basic information, the course is O.K. but for anything more than that my teacher was not impressed.
Learning conversation is best, if you are one to one, they can correct and pronounciation errors.
In English, and other languages i suspect, there is proper speech and there is everyday speech.

I agree with most of whats said here. I only made it to lesson 5. Its worth going that far at least - will teach you how to ask for directions and understand the answers, if they are simple. After that its pretty worthless.

I'm interested. PM please.

At least he understood you enough to tell you that. And you, him.

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I downloaded the first 30 lessons and burned the first couple but what I'm missing is the cheat sheet that you get with the paid version. Anybody know where to get that??

What about Benjawan Becker's book, "Thai for Beginners"? I have that and the CDs. Just digging into it as well as Pimsleur. I'm assuming the book/CD combo is better than Pimsleur, given the other comments made. Anyone studied this book?