Cracking Thai Fundamentals Overview

Cracking Thai Fundamentals is for anyone who has just arrived in Thailand and wants to start off on the right foot or for anyone who has lived in Thailand for a long time but their knowledge of Thai sounds like a clumsy shoe falling down the stairs.

For over 10 years now I have been teaching and consulting on Thai language, Thai Culture and simultaneous interpreting in Thai to both Expats and Thais alike.

As a polyglot speaking over 10 languages, I’ve developed systems of learning that crack the code of language and make language learning fun and easy

Aside developing conversational skills in Thai, other areas that we cover in this 2xDay workshop include:

• Memory Building Techniques
• Building cognitive fluency when speaking Thai – training ourselves to react in Thai without thinking
• How to motivate people in the Thai workplace and how to elicit the information we really need
• Using language to build a cross cultural rapport in the workplace
• Street Thai vs. Formal Thai / what to say, when to say it and who to say it with
• Expressing yourself in Thai to get the right reaction
• Understanding Thai Humour and Using it to reach into the Thai heart.

Learning with Stuart Raj

Language is an exciting, living, changing and flexible creature that lets us get into the minds of the people who speak it. As expatriates, the value that learning to understand and communicate clearly with locals is priceless – especially in the workplace!

Over 2 x 8 Hour (1 Day) Sessions You Will:

• Develop instinctive natural responses when conversing in Thai without passing through another language
• Overcome the psychological barrier of learning a tonal language
• Mastered the entire Thai Consonant System (including tonal classes) – Ideal for People who have learned previously but still have problems remembering symbols and classes – (Using imagery, mnemonics, sign language and 3-D spatial recognition)
• Learned the entire Thai Vowel System – (using unique handsigns that directly relate to the vowel shapes in the Thai script)
• Learned the Thai Tonal Rule System – (Using mind-mapping, imagery and story telling)
• Learned new language learning techniques, including how to recognize and analyze many Sanskrit and Chinese based elements in Thai.

Does It Really Work?

Everyone learns differently, and Cracking Thai Fundamentals has been designed to target several different learning styles within the one programme.  The one prerequisite is having the right attitude when learning and be open to letting go some of our preconceived ideas and negative experiences with language learning. You will be amazed how fast you can grasp the vowel, consonant and tone systems through the use of non-conventional methods!

Here’s a Taste