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What our customer's say!

"Not bad, but not for the beginning student.", The book doesn't explain the literal translations of what you are trying to say in Thai. Therefore, you have no guide to learn the individual words. This is more of an intermediate book, in my opinion.

"Love it", This book is great for learning Thai. I still go back to it for reference and to brush up.

"Best product for its price and attainability", 'Thai for Beginners' is probably your best option, if you want to learn Thai and you can't find a class (because, of course, interacting with a native speaker is always the best way to learn a language). The course is seriously flawed, however. The lessons are little more than lists of vocabulary. Though this works all right with an isolating language like Thai, where you don't need to learn inflexions, the all-important example sentences are short and few, and the exercises are worthless: little more than a revision of the word-lists. The one thing I wholeheartedly praise is the book's emphasis on the writing system, which, I admit, is very difficult but is essential for the beginner to master quickly. Many -- I dare say most -- other teach-yourself courses for Thai introduce the writing system far too late or ignore it completely, condemning the learner to tears and frustration.

While 'Thai for Beginners' certainly is not perfect, it will do to tide you over until you can find a live Thai class. Considering how parched for quality the selection of solo-learner Thai language books is, a class is probably your best bet.

"Excellent", This is a great book for those wanting to learn to speak, read, and write the Thai language. I am Thai myself and never had a constant exposure to the language. This book and CD (sold seperately) helped me a lot to regain my culture. My grandmother is a full blood fluent Thai speaker. Even she though this book was great. The minute she opened it, she had a big grin stuck on her face. She read a few things out of it to me and seemed very satisfied with it. This is a must have to all those wanting to learn the language.

"Excellent *textbook* - no misconceptions", This is a book for the person who is serious about learning thai and willing to put in the time to do so. This is not a quick phrase-book; it is a systematic way to learn the letters, sounds, and vocabulary. This is a tool that should be used with a spoken audio program (I like rosetta stone myself).

This appears to be the only textbook I have found (and I have searched through many), that actually gives you practice and quizzes for writing and making sure you remember what you've learned.

Consider this a workbook with explanations designed to build vocabulary and help navigate the Thai writing system with the help of a well explained transliteration system.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Great method", I have been a professional linguist in the Korean language for a long time, and I must say that through all the formal training I received, at one of the most prestigious language schools of the country, this series of books rivals that which is taught. Through very minimal "native" contact I was able to learn to read and write a seemingly impossible language. The course is paced well, and as some of the other reviewers have stated flash cards are a must. but if you are someone that is really looking to learn and understand a language then this is a really great series to go with.
My only gripe is that there is romanization (or phonetic spelling) at ALL in this series. It is a ridiculous crutch provided for lazy Americans. DO NOT rely on it for there is as of now NO standardization of pronouncing the Thai alphabet with romantic lettering. do yourself a favor if you are learning Thai, get this book, and NEVER look at the English letters.
The author has done an excellent job writing this series and it rivals that of all the professional/ academic training in the country. I wish one received college credit by just getting this book. It is THAT GOOD.

".", a definite must-have accompaniment to the book to start out with. I could only imagine teaching myself the sounds of tones I've never heard before without them.

"Thai for Beginners", Well, it's early days but..so far, so good! It does what it says on the tin! But when you order this book you really must order the CDs as well. I don't think you can hope to success without the CDs. It would be better if both items were advertised together.

"So far, so good", My son and I wanted to do something together that was extremely challenging and unique. After much thought we chose learning a foreign language and settled on Thai since a good friend at work is Thai and said it's the best asian language to learn. At first we tried learning from the internet from free sites, but after 2-3 weeks we knew lots of phrases and became frustrated with the alphabet and deciphering tones. We finally decided to buy a course but were limited on funds. Becker was affordable (with the additional CD).

We've made it to chapter 2 and are very pleased with the initial results. Finally, the alphabet makes sense! The book assumes you know nothing which is good. The problem with learning from websites is you can quickly become overwhelmed. Buy this book and CD! We use the web only as a supplement. For example, it is difficult to see how to write the mid consonant tone marks in the book and the book shows you how to write the mid consonants, but not the first long vowels. These are easily googled.

"Thai for Beginners with CD", I have spent about 2.5 years in Thailand since 2001, the longest being 8 months. I had tried other books and spent a brief time when I first arrived working with a teacher in Bangkok. It helped me learn basic survival phrases for taxis and food and meeting people but the true sound of the tones eluded me. I couldn't get the right tone to stick and reading it never worked. In between trips I picked up this book and the cassettes ( I later digitized them to my Mac, this was before the cd was available). If you want to learn a tonal language find something like this. It has a written component so if you get lost in grammar and learning to read helps as well. The key for me was repition. I would listen about 3 to 4 times a week for about an hour. When I returned to bangkok my friends were amazed at the improvement. Occasionally it got me into to trouble because what I spoke I spoke very clearly so people expected me to be bi-lingual. What you have to remember is that it takes time to learn a language, think ahead in terms of a year and what you can pick up.

I have worked through the beginner and intermediate books, I found the vocabulary very useful and there is much more of it at the intermediate level. I have been taking a go at Cantonese as well and I am liking the Pimsleur method. It is all verbal learning but they seem to break things down in a way that sticks. I may pick up the thai version just to compare.