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How to learn Thai through
hearttalk
It
is difficult for many foreigners to master oral and
written Thai. hearttalk
provides a way to master a narrow range of the language—a
vocabulary of the heart. This is your how-to guide.
It gives you the means to talk about your heart and
from your heart in the Thai language.
You
can ask questions about the heart in Thai, and
how, in the process of using hearttalk,
you may find yourself better equipped to express
and understand a rich variety of phrases. In learning
this new technique of language study, you can
become expressive and, with enough practice, might
begin to do what the Thai speakers do by instinct:
Look, evaluate, decide, react, and judge as if
their heart and mind were one. |
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Learn and refresh your knowledge of Thai vowels,
alphabets and tones with our phonetic
guide that comes equipped with sound files. |
 hearttalk
is the valuable tool to jumpstart your Thai language
learning process because the book complies over 700
individual words and phrases about the heart in Thai
ranging from most commonly used to more sophisticated
ones. In a short space, you can gain a number of insights
into the Thai way of experiencing what an English speaker
would call matters of the heart. The book is enjoyable,
provocative, and useful in your day-to-day conversations
and will expand your word choice on how to express your
feeling straight from the heart more effectively.
If
you are already a Thai speaker (beginner or advanced),
you can test your Thai heart vocabulary through a
series of fun and informative heart
talk mini quizzes. These quizzes evaluate how
much you understand the Thai heart. The quizzes come
with answer keys and detailed explanations, and are
best used with the book.
If you have already bought and started reading chapters
of hearttalk,
you can test your comprehension of the jai
phrases by taking a series of simple
multiple choice tests which you can take one chapter
at a time. We will guide you through your Thai learning
at your own pace and at no extra cost with
just a copy of the book.
You can also post questions concerning hearttalk
and exchange your knowledge and ideas with other learners
of Thai language at the heart talk
forum.
hearttalk
also gives you a cultural perspective that helps you
to bridge the cultural gap between the two languages
and develop successful cross-cultural communication.
If language is like a window into a culture, the jai
vocabulary in hearttalk
is a large entrance to a short cut to understanding
the Thai culture—how Thai people think, feel and
relate to one another.
If
you are a native Thai speaker, the book may help you
to create a bridge of understanding between the English
and Thai languages. As with any bridge, everyone has
his or her own idea on the right design and structure.
Everyone visualizes the heart from a different angle
or perspective. This book, if not exactly a perfect
bridge, is a way of providing a language map to an English
speaker who is beginning to learn about Thailand. It
is not, of course, the whole story. But we hope it is
a start in the right direction.
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