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| nakrian keegiat Diglot Groupie Thailand Joined 4908 days ago 70 posts - 172 votes  Speaks: English*, Thai Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 11 23 May 2012 at 10:28am | IP Logged |
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I didn't complete the course but I spent a little bit of time using it before I found something better (Becker) and deleted it. I just downloaded lessons 10 and 33 so I could give my opinion.
The male speakers are definitely not native. They sound ok but some of the tones are wrong and I heard one small vocabulary mistake. The woman in lesson 33 is excellent. Either she is a Thai who sounds just the slightest bit unnatural because she's trying to speak more clearly than normal or she is a foreigner with near native level pronunciation. I would recommend either Becker's TfB or learning to read Thai from a book or website and then doing Everyday Thai for Beginners which is excellent but only has Thai script. Edited by nakrian keegiat on 23 May 2012 at 5:32pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6230 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 10 of 11 23 May 2012 at 5:19pm | IP Logged |
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I tried using it a few years ago and only made it through Unit 5.
I agree with the others' opinions about it. I'm a big fan of the FSI courses but this one was especially painful for me. I had no idea the speakers were not native. My problem with it is it was SO monotonous - even for an FSI course. The vocabulary was not particularly relevant either. It seems like there are now much better options available. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5023 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 11 23 May 2012 at 7:52pm | IP Logged |
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That's a real shame. Are there any other heavy, drill based courses available?
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