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New project: thairecordings.com 23 Jul 2012 | 12:56 am
I'm back, but not to take up this blog again. I've rather been working on a new project, and should anybody stumble upon this blog, they might be interested to check it out. What helped me a lot (and...
The end 2 May 2011 | 09:30 pm
This is my last post on this blog. I've been learning Thai for two years, and have been blogging a bit more than a year about my activities and progress. I'm very happy with my listening and reading c...
Tadoku results 1 May 2011 | 05:35 am
Tadoku is over, at least for me. Most likely, I'll make it into the top 20. More importantly, I managed to read more than 1000 pages (1114 to be precise) and more than doubled my reading (measured in ...
Tadoku contest 30 Mar 2011 | 04:50 am
Some Japanese learners have established regular extensive reading contests lasting one month each. The idea is to promote reading in Japanese (or whatever language you're learning) while having fun co...
Monolingual Thai dictionary 25 Mar 2011 | 06:53 am
I was asked in a comment on my last post why I wouldn't use a monolingual Thai dictionary to look up words I don't understand, at least from time to time. My answer was basically: I'd love to, but I h...
My first experiences with extensive reading in Thai 11 Mar 2011 | 01:52 am
I had some back and forth on extensive reading (see here and here), but I decided to give it a go when I was in Thailand last month. My concern with extensive reading was mainly around messing up the ...
My first experiences speaking Thai 8 Mar 2011 | 08:27 pm
Apart from uttering a few survival phrases during holidays in Thailand, I hadn't spoken any Thai for the 22 months I'd been learning the language. I'd been following a program of comprehensible input ...
Is extensive reading a good way to acquire new vocabulary? 8 Feb 2011 | 04:30 am
Since I've realized that I can read Thai, I've looked into reading, and in particular extensive reading, ie., reading large amounts of text for pleasure. I was enthusiastic about stocking up big time ...
What to expect from extensive reading 2 Feb 2011 | 10:53 pm
Igor the Macedonian, a well-known Krashenite in the language learning blogosphere, has pointed me to research on extensive reading during a discussion over at Keith's blog. I've read a few papers by P...
Reading Thai 21 Jan 2011 | 06:02 am
Not long ago, I realized that I can actually read Thai. It came as a bit of a surprise. What I mean with "I can read Thai" is that I can read without too much difficulty through pages of text (about a...
