Language World

Thailand

Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Designed for intermediate-level language learners
• Helps learners speak and understand a new language by hearing and practicing authentic every-day speech
• Learning topics include calendar, sentence building, asking directions, the weather, and numbers
• Monitor your progress with dictation, worksheets, and a recording feature
• Features an interactive TV Quiz

World Talk is the perfect language-learning follow-up to EuroTalk's popular Talk Now! series. In addition to new activities, the creators have added dictation, worksheets, and a brand-new recording section. Topics are designed for the intermediate learner and include reviewing the calendar, building sentences, asking directions, and translating weather terms and numbers. The interactive TV quiz is another useful learning tool, pitting learners against the resident champion or one-on-one against a friend.

Or Buy in: UK or Canada

HELPFUL, December 8, 2002
Reviewer: Luis Daniel Lizama Rodríguez from Merida, Yucatan Mexico
This phrase-book was very helpful in my last travel to thailand. I kept it always in my pocket and thanks to the thai writings, you can just point the word and the friendly locals teach you how to pronunciate it properly. I gave this book MANY uses, even in the most unexpected situations. USEFUL!

Power in your pocket, September 18, 2001
Reviewer: Veli-Pekka Ikonen from Finland
I am about to travel to Thailand 5th time and I have found this book useful in most everyday situations. Explanations of Thai speech and writing are good and easy to follow. English-Thai section is brilliant for its size and Thai-English is useful after getting basics straight. Translating Thai text to English is bit labour intensive.

Quite good for travel purposes, February 8, 2002
Reviewer: Ellen Beldner from San Francisco, CA United States
Note: when they say "Lonely Planet Travel Talk Thai", that means that the box includes the language tape AND the Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook ... The tape itself is very basic -- gives you useful words and phrases. It doesn't really explain anything about the structure or grammar of the language, particularly gendered words and conveying politeness (which are covered in the Lonely Planet book, assuming you read it). But it does get you used to Thai pronunciation & intonations, which is invaluable.

Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / Me / 2000 / XP / NT / 98
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 800 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 22 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System requirements
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

This item can only be shipped within the USA.

Living Language In-Flight Thai is the perfect boarding pass to learning Thai before you land.

There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler.

The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town.

Short lessons make In-Flight Thai easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Time-tested, still in print..., November 4, 2001
Reviewer: chris graham from FPO, AP United States
Without a doubt, easy. One of those you can pick up for 5-10 minutes a day and always feel that you are getting somewhere with this difficult language. Thirty years after picking up this book in a military PX, I'm confident that I couldn't have gotten a better start. Some of the words you get are difficult for a beginner to work into a conversation and it will disappoint anyone who expects to understand casual conversation in Bangkok after finishing just this book, but you will have a serious start on a long journey. He gives you reading from the beginning. Get some tapes from another source or someone to pronounce the vowels for you and you are good to go.

To be published in May 2003

This course was originally designed by the Fo reign Service Institute. This is the best edition available with well done cassettes packaged in handy binders. The Thai Basic Course teaches the national spoken language in the dialect of educated speakers of Bangkok and Central Thailand. It starts with a programmed introduction to Thai phonology to acquaint you with the significant features of the language's sound system. The course then teaches the basic conversations, vocabulary, and grammar you will need to communicate in Thai. When writing, the Thais use a complex system based on Sanskrit, but in the course a special phonetic transcription is used which will help you read and write more easily.

This practical dictionary is designed to help English speakers communicate in Thai. It is equally useful for those who can read the Thai alphabet and those who can't. Most Thai-English dictionaries either use Thai script exclusively for the Thai entries (making them difficult for westerners to use) or use only phonetic transliteration (making it impossible to look up a word in Thai script). This dictionary solves these problems by dividing the entries into three sections: Section One [English-Phonetic-Thai], Section Two [Phonetic-Thai-English] and Section Three [Thai-Phonetic-English]. The transliteration system is the same as that used in Paiboon Publishing's other books. You will find most of the vocabulary you are likely to need in everyday life, including basic medical, cultural, political and scientific terms.

Designed for either self-study or classroom use. Teaches all four language skills speaking, listening (when used in conjunction with the cassette tapes), reading and writing . Offers clear, easy, step-by-step instruction, building on what has beenpreviously learned. Used by many Thai temples in America.

Platform: Mac OS, Windows Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 98 / 95
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 3500 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 92 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency.

The Rosetta Stone Level I program offers a comprehensive course of study for beginning learners, leading to intermediate proficiency. The program contains over 3,500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons and more than 250 hours of mastery instruction in listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. There are reviews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System Requirements:
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.