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| slidemasterx Pentaglot Newbie Philippines Joined 5886 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: English, Tagalog, Cebuano*, Spanish, DutchC1 Studies: Portuguese, French | Message 1 of 11 28 October 2010 at 11:21am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, Has anybody here done FSI thai? What are your opinions on it? How long does it take to finish if I do 30 minutes a day?
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| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5179 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 2 of 11 31 October 2010 at 11:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Unfortunately it has no script, they said they will introduce it in second vol, but finally they didn't.
The tonal notes are ambiguous, and... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kubelek Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland chomikuj.pl/Kuba_wal Joined 6853 days ago 415 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 3 of 11 31 October 2010 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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http://thailanguagewiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
they both do :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 4 of 11 02 November 2010 at 4:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I only managed the first eight lessons before my recent trip there, but the course is just ok. I think it'll take at least six months for the first part, if studying about 30 minutes a day.
[EDIT- I've lowered my opinion based on LeoSmiths subsequent comments.] Edited by DaraghM on 03 November 2010 at 11:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6551 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 5 of 11 03 November 2010 at 1:53am | IP Logged | ||
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FSI has some excellent courses out there. This is not one of them. It uses non-natives for recordings, and a strange
romanized script. I recommend using something else. Thai for Beginners or Everyday Thai are both good ways to start. Pimsleur Thai is not bad either. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 6 of 11 03 November 2010 at 11:06am | IP Logged | ||
I didn't realise this, so the course has seriously gone down in my view. I also agree that it's weaker than the other FSI courses. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MarcoDiAngelo Tetraglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 6448 days ago 208 posts - 345 votes Speaks: Serbian*, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Thai, Polish | Message 7 of 11 20 May 2012 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
LeoSmith, are you positive about that? I could swear they were Thai, but you never know... Did you just figure that out by yourself or get that information elsewhere? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zonker Newbie Australia Joined 5957 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Khmer, French | Message 8 of 11 22 May 2012 at 1:32am | IP Logged | ||
I'd be interested to hear others' views on this issue as well: to the untrained ear (of which I have two) the speakers sound pretty similar to those in the Pimsleur and TFB programs. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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