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| JujuLeCaribou Diglot Newbie Thailand myonlinefrencht Joined 4702 days ago 28 posts - 44 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Portuguese, Thai, German, Dutch | Message 17 of 21 18 April 2012 at 3:14am | IP Logged | ||
Like you, I've found entering in Anki each new words/sentences too time-consuming. So I've stop to do it this way. What I am doing now : 1. I read a whole page of my textbook and underline all the unknown words. 2. Then I check the underlined words and try to guess their meanings via the context. 3. If I can guess their meanings, I check in my dictionary (to be sure) and enter this new words in Anki. If I have no clue about the meaning of this new words, I do nothing and wait to see this new words in another context (to try again to guess their meanings). Following this method, in 1 hour I can enjoy my readings (because I don't stop all the time to check a new word) and enter/learn about 10 words in Anki. 10 words/hour is not a lot, but one of the most surprising advantages of this method is my % of retention of the new words. According to Anki, I have a total of 96,7% of correct answers for my Thai deck !!! :-) (I am currently using this method to improve my English. I have 99,1% of correct answers for my English deck ! 0_o ) Edited by JujuLeCaribou on 18 April 2012 at 3:28am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DanWorld Groupie Thailand Joined 4900 days ago 40 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Thai, Spanish, Russian | Message 18 of 21 18 April 2012 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the support. I had originally dismissed FSI as I heard it didn't use Thai script, and learning Thai script was a primary goal for me. Also, I was already quite familiar with Thai sounds; in fact, even though I paid $15 extra for the CD's that came with "Thai for Intermediate Learners", I never once listened to them as I felt it was inefficient for me. But since you mentioned it, I have gone back to check it out a little bit and it looks good. I think its heavy audio focus is unparalleled and a great method. I'm a big fan of Pimsleur, which would be the only similar thing, but Pimsleur only puts out one level for Thai, and FSI seems to go much further. I checked out the final audio lesson they have there, and it seems to take you to a level somewhat similar to having completed "Thai for Beginners". I don't know if it would take you to "Thai for Intermediate Learners"; that book basically just covers some important grammar points and expands your vocabulary, but nothing revolutionary. I think that a serious student of the FSI course would have a much better feel for Thai than a student of "Thai for Beginners". However, it seems odd that such a student would be satisfied with learning transliterated Thai and not the real Thai script. And I think a more casual learner who didn't want to learn the script would feel more comfortable with "Thai for Beginners". So, it's a funny situation. Oh, and I'm in Bangkok, living life around the Skytrain. Edited by DanWorld on 24 April 2012 at 11:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DanWorld Groupie Thailand Joined 4900 days ago 40 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Thai, Spanish, Russian | Message 19 of 21 25 April 2012 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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New Method Very Promising
I've been making very quick progress lately as I've been trying this new method I put together. It involves learning words from the frequency list, in SRS, with each card being a full sentence in Thai. The main downside is that it's been time consuming and tricky to find good sample sentences, but I think I've figured out a solution. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JujuLeCaribou Diglot Newbie Thailand myonlinefrencht Joined 4702 days ago 28 posts - 44 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Portuguese, Thai, German, Dutch | Message 20 of 21 25 April 2012 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe this dictionary can help you to find sentences :
THAI DICTIONARY Edited by JujuLeCaribou on 25 April 2012 at 3:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Malek Groupie Christmas Island Joined 4342 days ago 60 posts - 76 votes  | Message 21 of 21 06 February 2013 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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. Edited by Malek on 22 March 2013 at 8:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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