In this Episode of Talking Thailand with Khun Pleum (M.L. Nattakorn Devakula), Grace Robinson and Adam Bradshaw interview Polyglot Stuart Jay Raj. Languages that Stuart or ‘Jay’ use during the interview include English, Thai, Indonesian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Danish and Spanish. Stuart or Khun ‘Jay’ talks about how to best
“I’m not Racist – It’s Just a Cultural Thing” … Watch this video reel first that I have put together with English Subtitles – Does Media Influence Culture, or is Media just a Reflection of Culture? I have run cultural workshops across Asia for over 15 years now. It never ceases
This is a sneak preview of the second Cracking Thai Fundamentals module “Thinking in Meanings” is going to change the way you think about language and meanings. This module has hours of quality content that will become a cornerstone to your language learning in Thai and other languages from around
This time last week I was faced with a dilemma. Do I give in to ‘Modern Medicine’ and surgery, or do I continue to try and find a natural solution at let my body heal itself? I know this is a little off topic from my usual language and learning
Going to a Country to Learn a Language Doesn’t Ensure You Will Learn It Like They Speak It Are you aware that when you go to a country and learn the language spoken there, that the language you learn might not be the ‘real’ language spoken? I put this
A Note on CTF Workshop Eve from Stuart Jay Raj To prepare for tomorrow’s workshop, please read through the following article ‘Preparing to Crack the Fundamentals’ # Preparing to Crack the Fundamentals One of the questions that I often get asked when opening a workshop like Cracking Thai Fundamentals is
Language Lovers Unite Just over a month ago, Benny Lewis (better known as Benny the Irish Polyglot from his site http://www.fluentin3months.com) contacted me and asked me to be part of a project he was working on that would bring many of the familiar faces in the Internet
This is the second in Star’s ‘English with Star’ series. (Click the ‘CC’ captions button in Youtube for English Subtitles) Why is ‘Time’ Mispronounced in Tinglish as ‘Taam’ In this clip Star teaches us how she finally learnt how to pronounce the word ‘Time’ in English correctly. NOT ทาม
[](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-Shot-2012-09-29-at-1.56.44-AM.png) ## A Sneak Peak at my new E-Learning Series Over the past couple of weeks, I have set up
[](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-Shot-2012-09-22-at-7.07.51-AM.png) ## It All Makes Perfect Sense … Just Maybe Not In English I came up with this story many years
[](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tom-tate.png) ## Australia needs to be more ‘Asia Competent’ – Well this is a Good Start! Last week I went to Sydney for the launch of a White Paper that was
[](http://youtu.be/BOmtUS60vZE) ## From Zero English to Fluency – Star’s Journey Star moved to Australia from Thailand in 2010 at the age of six. When arriving in Australia,