Teaches all four language skills – speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Is effective for independent self-study or classroom use. Offers clear, easy, step-by-step instruction, building on what has been previously learned.
Written in a brisk, interesting style by a native Thai speaker fluent in English and experienced in teaching the Thai language.
Thai for Beginners is the perfect language guide for your journey to the Land of Smiles – Thailand.

From the introduction:

Many people interested in learning the Thai language have trouble finding a good textbook. Thai for Beginners solves that problem.

Thai for Beginners teaches the basic four language skills – speaking, listening (with the tapes), reading and writing. The first part of each lesson teaches vocabulary and sentence structure. A vocabulary list with Thai spelling, transliteration and definitions in English appears at the beginning of each chapter……

Benjawan Poomsan Becker has extensive experience teaching Thai to foreigners in Thailand, Japan and the US. Currently she lives in the San Francisco Bay area where she has a translation and interpretation business and writes books on the Thai language.

This course is available as the book only, the book with three tapes or the book and 2 CDs.