Language and Linguistics
What on earth could possibly translate into “Today’s mother cooking something to eat some rats”, or “Like a chicken in rats with”? Yesterday this cringeworthy excerpt from a Thai English language learning book was posted on a number of sites and caused a lot of questions about a number
If your local staff in Asia were free to tell you - the foreign management ANYTHING without fear of any negative repercussions, what would they say? Before you watch this clip, put your guard down ... and please don't shoot the messenger. In this clip, I have tried to
Language and Linguistics
Language DNA What do Korean, Tibetan, Chinese, Spanish and Danish have in common? This clip is one that I have been wanting to put together for many years now and it’s one that I’m excited to finally be able to share with you. This clip is a little
Language and Linguistics
While it might have been funny (for the time), the whole issue of ‘r’ and ‘l’ is a fascinating one when it comes to learning many Asian languages. It’s also a very important one to understand for English as a Second Language teachers who feel like they are getting
Over the past four weeks I have been working with an international Technology company that has extensive operations here in Asia – in particular Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China and India. With the Chinese market undergoing some big changes in my client’s industry, their Thai operation has seen an influx of
I received my briefing from a regional level representative of a large blue-chip US based company that was under order to ‘get to the bottom of things’ after 4 ‘HiPo’ alerts were raised within the space of only a couple of months. What’s a HiPo and why is it
There is no money in speaking languages. Particularly in this part of the world (Asia), it sometimes feels like the more languages you speak, the less money you stand to make. That is unless rather than focusing on the languages, you focus on what value those languages can bring to
Language and Linguistics
How do You Know What You Are Experiencing is Also What Everyone Else Around You Is? So many expats that I meet in China, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries around the region tell me that they get around just fine without knowing the local language. I suppose that is a
Mind and Brain
How Should You Start Learning A Language? When you learn a language, should you be learning individual words from graded word lists, or should you be learning full sentences with words in context? I would say – both … and more. For those of you who want to quickly get to the
CTF is the Product of 16 Years of Work After 16 years of developing my Cracking Thai Fundamentals programme, today is a big milestone. This video above is a clip of me unwrapping and giving a sneak peek inside the very first CTF book ever printed. 6″ x 9″ and
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