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Producing the Initial ‘Ng’ /Å‹/ in Asian Languages

September 13, 2010

Next to getting the tones right, the initial ‘Ng’ sound that is found in so many Asian languages proves to be one of the major pronunciation issues for non-Asian learners of ‘initial ng’ languages.The languages that have an initial NG sound include: Thai Lao Cantonese and other Chinese Languages / Dialects (especially southern dialects) Bahasa [...]

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Language – Weapon of Choice for Propaganda and Disinformation

August 18, 2010

Has language ever revealed things to you that you wish everyone else knew? The first casualty in any war is the truth. From a glimpse of the headlines in my news-feeds today, it looks like the veritas body-count is sky high. Sifting through the propaganda in the aftermath of 9/11 Just after 9/11, I can [...]

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Chinese Zodiac ‘Memory’ Technique Flashcards on Anki

August 15, 2010

The other day, I put a post up entitled “How to Become ‘Gifted’ at Learning Languages – You’re Never too Old” This was an entry point for a lot of the things I will be doing in the future with this site.  I want to establish a base set of memory tools that we can [...]

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Those iPhone Developers Might be the Funkiest, Schwaginist Geeks in Cupertino, but they Sure Ain’t No Linguists!

January 11, 2009

Dear gods of the cyberverse, please direct this blog-entry through the right routers,feed aggregators, RSS readers … anything it takes so that those great apple developers in the sky can start to get a taste of the multilingual HUMAN world outside of that apparently monoglot paradise of Cupertino. I’ve had my iPhone for almost a [...]

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Polyglot Stuart Jay Raj “Language Secrets From a Linguistic Junkie" Multilingual Video Post Episode 1 (2 Parts)

September 30, 2008

Episode 1 Part 1 Part 2 About a week ago, I was fortunate to have been invited to attend a Second Language Acquisition seminar by Language Acquisition guru Dr. Stephen Krashen (http://www.sdkrashen.com) , hosted by the Concordian International School here in Bangkok. Stephen was a real inspiration and after speaking with him that day, I [...]

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The Language of Perfect Pitch

September 17, 2008

I received an email in my Youtube box this morning that touched on a topic that I had always meant to post about. I figured this is a better time than ever to write about it. Here’s the letter: Perfect Pitch Hey Stuart, I want to learn a language, but this language is not a [...]

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Maestro of Many Tongues – 2 Magazine Article on Stuart Jay Raj Dec 07 – Jan 08 Issue by Jim Algie

December 20, 2007

Last month, 2-Magazine’s Jim Algie followed me around to a few meetings and events with clients and threw this article together. Thanks Jim! If you haven’t read 2-Magazine yet…. why not? Available in Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and more – 2-mag.com Click here for PDF version of this article | View | Upload your [...]

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Part 1 – Vietnamese – Learning a New Language from Scratch (Kinda)

September 15, 2007

Three Fridays ago a friend of mine gave me a call just before he was about to board a plane at Suvarnabhumi airport (Bangkok). This guy is a genius when it comes to financial matters and was about to travel to the US to work on the last stages of a deal that could retire [...]

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Stuart Jay Raj – Joh Jai เจาะใจ TV Appearance 1 Mar 2007

March 10, 2007

Streaming from Youtube – If you’re having trouble viewing in this blog, search for video clips at http://www.youtube.com by username – stujaystujay A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to cross paths with a great cross cultural / language instructor here in Bangkok called Chris Wright. Chris is a mixed blood Thai (Brit), and [...]

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