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Check out the useful links below to find great online resources for improving your Thai.

Thai-Language.com
  • Basics:
    • over 12,000 audio clips
    • over 30,000 dictionary entries, all with transliteration
    • 751 images and illustrations
  • Thai-language.com also has a "Reverse Phonetic Transcription" option that allows the user to enter a word "as you heard it." The site will then present a number of potential word options.
  • For those doing heavy SDL'ing, the site has a selection of "Categories" that contain various words and phrases related to a specific theme.
LearningThai.com
This site also has a number of resources, some of them with audio clips. Emphasis seems to be placed on having stories in both Thai and English, which might help if you want to practice reading something beyond the Peace Corps workbooks. The site is supported by advertisements for purchasing Thai resources books. Thus, it conveniently also becomes a starting place for finding non-web resources.

Learn Thai Podcasts
Find lessons with text, audio, and video to practice listening and speaking skills. For beginner to intermediate levels.

The Sounds of Thai: Thai Romanization
There's a chart where you can see an explanation of the sounds in Thai, along with the symbols used to represent them. It includes an equivalency chart between the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the system used in the Thai-English dictionary by Poomsan Becker. For more information about the IPA, go to the Phonetics page.

Reading Practice


DekGeng.com
For advanced readers. The left column contains link to sayings and parables (table 1), comprehension questions with answer feedback (table 2), and test questions for primary school students (middle column). Bonus: site also has English page with practice questions for ESL students.

Southeast Asian Language Projects
  • Just Read: If you just want to practice reading, their simplest tool is Just Read. You can choose a story from the drop-down box at the top. You can also choose whether you want to see Thai, English, or both
Thai Online Learning Resources - Peace Corps Thailand Volunteer Wiki

  • Lab: The lab has more complicated but really powerful tools
    • Click on an "R" and it has reading practice. You can have it flash up words one at a time, it can segment the words (put spaces in between separate words)
    • Click on W and there are writing activities
    • Click on V for vocabulary-building practice
    • For reading practice broken down by Prathom levels 1-6, look for the Basal Readers link at the bottom left of the Lab page. Can you keep up with the Thai elementary school kids?
  • Collocations: Do you know a word but aren't sure how to use it? On the Collocations page you can type in a Thai word, then click the "Collocates" button below. It gives you examples of what words tend to go with the word you entered. The list is ranked by which words are most commonly used together. This tool is helpful for when someone knows a word but is not sure how to use it in a sentence.

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