learning thai..?

Question

I'm going to spend 6 months in Thailand as an exchange student, and I want to start learning thai at home.

I live in a small town and there are no courses, so I think a language software will do.
"rosetta stone" is expensive, but I heard that once you have bought it, you can use it for many languages... is that true?

please, can anyone tell me other programs or web sites?

thank you!!

Answer 1

Rosetta Stone is composed of two CD-ROMs. The first one is the program installation CD-ROM. The second one is the Language Pack CD-ROM. You need to install the installation CD-ROM always. After the installation, you need the Language Pack CD-ROM. The Language Pack CD-ROM is specific to a particular language, in your case Thai. All the different languages have their own Language Pack CD-ROM's (Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). If you want to study Thai language, you can buy the Rosetta Stone Thai-Language Package. It contains the program installation CD-ROM and the Thai Language Pack CD-ROM. Later on, if you wish to study another language let's say French, you only need to buy the French Language Pack CD-ROM.

I have included some web-sites below for you to start with. Also if you wish, you can give me your e-mail address. I have many audio mp3 files for learning the basics and to practice listening and speaking very common Thai words by yourself. I can share them with you. You can click my avatar then the Email-icon to send e-mail to me.

There is also a very popular book. "Thai For Beginners" by Benjamin Poomsan Becker. It is very popular among tourists who visit Thailand.

Answer 2

I got a tape course that seemed to help, I ended up not going so stopped after a few chapters. I believe it was Conversational Thai by Pimsleur. I can still impress the thais I run into with the few words I remember.

Answer 3

websites won't help you. Just learn it there.