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| Ryan: All about Thai lesson 11 - Top five Tools for learning Thai. Hi, everybody. Welcome back to All About Thai. I'm Ryan, sà-wàt-dii khráp. |
| Rawinporn: and I’m Rawinporn, sà-wàt-dii khâ. |
| Ryan: In this lesson, we have a great list of tools to help your Thai studies. |
| Rawinporn: Yes, we do. |
| Ryan: These are tools that when put all together, are going to do wonders for your Thai, |
| Rawinporn: and some of them will save you a lot of time. |
| Ryan: And what's even better is that they're all free! Free of charge and easily found on the internet. |
| Rawinporn: What could be better? |
| Ryan: Okay, so let's start with Google Translate. Google Translate is amazing. Imagine being able to read Thai webpages, blogs, and articles before you can actually read or speak Thai. |
| Rawinporn: Google Translate makes it possible. |
| Ryan: You can find this link and all the links we will mention in the accompanying PDF, so make sure to check it out. |
| Rawinporn: What you need to do is copy and paste the content into Google Translate. |
| Ryan: So you can probably imagine how helpful this is when you're trying to decipher your way through a page filled with Thai. |
| Rawinporn: There's also another cool website. |
| Ryan: Yes, and it's so good that it actually comes in next on our list. |
| Rawinporn: It is Longdo dictionary. |
| Ryan: Longdo is an online multiple bilingual dictionary by Longdo.com that translates English to Thai, japanese to Thai, German to Thai, and French to Thai. |
| Rawinporn: You can use this awesome dictionary for free. |
| Ryan: Yes, so definitely try the Longdo dictionary out! |
| Rawinporn: bookmark it. You will properly be using it often. |
| Ryan: A desktop software application designed to run on Microsoft Window Systems with the microsoft.net framework install. |
| Rawinporn: The program's main purpose is to help Thai language students to understand spoken Thai and to read written Thai. |
| Another great thing about it is there are several enhanced features such as online lesson sharing, a new self-testing interface for the student, and the type Thai text process. |
| That's right, so give it a try. |
| Ryan: Next we have |
| Rawinporn: eThaiMusic.com |
| Ryan: This website is for people who want to learn Thai through music while reading the lyrics In Thai or in Roman letters. |
| Rawinporn: Exactly. Many of the songs have been translated into English. |
| Ryan: I think this is cool because learning through music is a fun and interesting way to learn Thai. |
| Rawinporn: Well, last but not least is |
| Ryan: watching Thai TV online. |
| Rawinporn: Yes. I highly recommend that you practice your Thai listening because on TV, you will hear many kinds of accents from all walks of life. |
| Ryan: That's great. |
| Rawinporn: Absolutely. You can choose live tv, real on TV or sport TV from this website. |
| Ryan: Now, when you're studying a language, what's really important for improving? |
| Rawinporn: Practice. |
| Ryan: That's right. So we hope you will take advantage of these great tools and all they have to offer. |
| Rawinporn: We've tried them and we know how good they are, so that's why we are passing them onto you. |
| Ryan: Remember that the links for all of these sites and programs can be found in the accompanying PDF file. |
| Rawinporn: Let us know what you think of them too. |
| Ryan: If you have some other resources you would like to share, you can always stop by ThaiPod101.com and share them with the community. Until next time. |
| Rawinporn: sà-wàt-dii khâ. |
| Ryan: sà-wàt-dii khráp. |
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