Product Description

This booklet is the best collection of Thai slang words you will ever find. The accompanying CD will help you learn and remember the words and phrases quickly. It s a handy and useful program for Thai learners of all levels. 250 entries are recorded on the CD and explained in the booklet with a brief translation, a literal translation and used in a sample phrase or sentence. Hundreds of bonus words that are not recorded are words that you can use with close friends only. Like other languages, many Thai slang words and idioms are used for body parts and sexual expressions. You will love this language program. With the SPEAK like a THAI series, you will - Have fun learning Thai the way you never have before - Express yourself more naturally - Impress your Thai friends with your eloquent Thai - Communicate better and more efficiently - Speak like a Thai SPEAK LIKE A THAI Series: Volume 1 Contemporary Thai Expressions, Volume 2 Thai Slang and Idioms, Volume 3 Thai Proverbs and Sayings, Volume 4 Heart Words, Volume 5 Northeastern Dialect, Volume 6 Real Thai Conversations ALL SPEAK LIKE A THAI VOLUMES CAN BE USED INDEPENDENTLY.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #463850 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-10
• Released on: 2007-03-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD
• 80 pages

About the Author
Benjawan Poomsan Becker was born in Bangkok and spent her childhood in Yasothon, a small province in Northeast Thailand. Her family is ethnic Laotian, so she grew up speaking both Thai and Lao. She graduated from Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 1990, with a B.A. in English. Benjawan gained extensive experience teaching Thai to foreigners while studying for her M.A. in Japan with the Japan-Thailand Trade Association and Berlitz Language School, and in the US with Thai temples, Stanford University and private students. She now resides in Berkeley, California where she continues to write and publish books on the Thai and Lao languages. Her books include "Thai for Beginners", "Thai for Intermediate Learners", "Thai for Advanced Readers", "Thai-English/English-Thai Dictionary for Non-Thai Speakers", "Improving Your Thai Pronunciation", "Practical Thai Conversation DVD Series", the popular "Speak Like a Thai Series" and many other titles on the Thai language.

Customer Reviews

Great Tune Up for Former Thai Speakers
All the volumes in this series are great for review of the language. I'm going back to Thailand after 20 years of being out of the country. I was once fairly fluent, but I've forgotten a lot of vocabulary. This is a great help for getting back the language quickly. It is for advanced speakers, however. If you couldn't speak Thai before, you're probably still not going to speak Thai after getting these CDs. There are some aspects of the language that can only be learned by being there. Nonetheless, this will broaden your vocabulary, and give some good practice.

quirky but useful
some very useful phrases and words, and the bonus rude slang at the back is worth the purchase!... and the five stars...some choice naughty stuff...explicit, funny and colourful, very Thai.

Outrageous Thai is better!
I bought both this one and T.F. Rhoden's "Outrageous Thai" in BKK last weekend at Kinokuniya at the same time, thinking I could learn a bit more colorful language. I am about a low intermediate in Thai language, and I think that both are good for just about anyone at any level.

However, I was very disappointed with Becker's version of how to handle slang in the Thai language. I didn't feel like there were a lot of new words in this one and most of them were pretty tame.

If you really want to learn Thai slang than I would recommend "Outrageous Thai" instead. This guy has some really crazy language in there, and what I really like is that he explains how to use it and when to use it. My gut feeling is that because the guy is a foreigner, he didn't feel like he had to hold back on the language, whereas Becker probably feels more responsible to keeping a good image of her language and country.

That said, I love all of Becker's other books like "Thai for Beginners"; but honestly this on just falls short of the mark!