Next Rapid Read Thai Bootcamp - April 18-23 (Chiang Mai)
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The next intensive 6-day
Rapid Read Thai Bootcamp
April 18-23 (Mon-Sat, 8am-5pm)
Location: Chiang Mai
Please click here to book and for full details about the workshop and the Rapid Method.
Don't forget to watch the video interviews of previous participants.
Some people say that you can buy a child's school book and learn the alphabet over a few days. That's true. But reading (and pronouncing, and subsequently speaking) Thai involves a lot more than just knowing the alphabet. If it were that easy then all expats who've lived here for more than a year or so should be literate and fluent speakers, right?
You can learn by yourself by following the same material online if you prefer. But this workshop is for people who are busy or lazy or just don't like studying alone. It's designed to get it all done and dusted in one go.
The course is quite mentally demanding, which is why we work through the material in a very relaxed, informal manner (and eat good food and drink a lot of coffee or tea). It’s a ‘whole-brain’ experience, with a lot of details and nuances being processed subliminally. In fact, it’s a bit like learning to drive a very complicated car – there are physical actions (fine motor skills) to master and mental mazes to traverse over and over again until you know your way around blindfold. You will need a lot of dream time to process and organize the information, so it’s best to be physically relaxed, have a good time (without getting shit-faced) and have no other distractions. That's why Chiang Mai is the ideal place for an intensive workshop of this kind. It's like going to a retreat.
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Here are some of the songs that we will be studying (reading) together towards the end of the week:
ดู ดู๊ ดู ดูเธอทํา (reggae song, a Thai tongue-twister)
คันหู (“itchy ear”, sexy version) - this song is not about an "itchy ear"!
เห็นหมีหนูไหม (“have you seen my bear?”) - this song is obscene and has nothing to do with a bear (don't ask a Thai friend to explain)!
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