Thai Language Challenge
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I'm pass halfway the 100 lessons
I'm pass halfway the 100 lessons, the course has a brilliant format, you actually feel like part of the class and get to build a bond with the classmates, you share their struggles (as Tai is a hard language) and their wins as the group gets more mature and knowledgeable (including you if you study and practice :) ). Kruu Fah is an engaging and knowledgeable teacher and I'm glad I chose her. There are improvement areas for example in the second part of the course which becomes more conversational, as words become past lessons content they might or might not be repeated in English, and spoiler alert, students do have accents. Kruu Fah with all her experience can understand them but sometimes for me is hard, so have to replay that section of the video until I understand or give up, which in the second case is not a big deal since I just whatsapp Kruu Fah and she replies within 48 hours always. This can be solved by adding subtitles. By the way this is how real life works, I'm now in Thailand and n o o n e will speak as clearly and loud as Kruu Fah, so you must get your ear used to it yes or yes if you want to become good at the language. Still, I think that in a controller space like this virtual classroom, there should not be room for ambiguity as students take the lessons. Also, the class whatsapp group (not your 1:1 with Kruu Fah) is pretty much unused, since you are mixed with people that is taking different lengths of the course, at the end of the day you don't share much in common with them, I think is a wasted space that if thought properly can get useful like with scheduled group practice sessions for same level students, etc. I'm sure the TLC team is addressing both things for future instances of the course. About the value I think is a bargain, you get prime quality lifetime (replay able content) Thai lessons for less than 5$ an hour, that's a steal. I'm in Hua Hin Tailand now and what I have seen is that the price is as low as 300B per hour which at today's exchange rate is 9$ per hour. Mat speaks by itself. If you want to learn the language, I suggest you book this course, arm yourself with a notebook and the Thai-English dictionary from "Paiboon Publishing" and start this fun journey! From 0, now I can speak tai for pretty much anything: changing money, give directions, buy stuff, date, book things, etc. I do study and practice though :), you won't learn by magic, but Kruu Fah gives you the tools to succeed. I would buy this course again with my eyes closed. Good luck!