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A course for anyone wishing to take the first steps towards speaking a new language or who would like to learn all the language needed for travelling and holidays abroad. The audio recordings cover a wide range of everyday situations and uses native speakers to deliver an active vocabulary of over 500 words. Lessons are bilingual, which means that it is possible to complete a PDQ course by simply listening to the recordings. The programme guide is packed with pictures and illustrations to give a feel of the country and set the scene for language learning. In addition, the course book reinforces the language learnt in the audio recordings as well as teaching reading and writing skills, which can be useful when abroad.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant,
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This review is from: PDQ Thai (Audio CD)
I used this for 6 months on my cycle to work before moving to Thailand. Not only does it teach you the basic grammar it breaks down how to announce long words (the backwards build up technique, they call it). After 6 months, when i was on my bike i would be chanting Thai to myself!
After arriving in Thailand, with having this as my only tuition, many Thai's said that my speech was very clear and understandable, unlike other farang (foreigners). Not only does this course give you a basis to start upon it also enable you to break down sentences and understand what is being spoken to you. A brilliant way to start learning a language, couldn't be easier. You just need to put the time in. Each unit is around 45 minutes long. My cycle ride was exactly that, so I'd repeat the morning's unit on the way home for reference. Two 45 minutes sessions a day will bring you on leaps and bounds and get you start on the language of a beautiful country, with beautiful people. Bring on the smiles. I've also started the PDQ Spanish now. The Structure and Subjects are identical making me think it's going to be an easy ride. Might even try my hand at Japanese some day !!!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best way I found for remote learning of a difficult language,
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This review is from: PDQ Thai (Audio CD)
It had been my intention to buy a property in North Eastern Thailand before economic reality forced a rethink. I obviously needed to get a grounding in the tongue and, together with visits to Thai friends I found I was picking things up quite quickly. Other problems prevent further visits in the meantime, but I am confident enough to converse with Thais in this country when I encounter them.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Elementary spoken Thai: Good audio, weak book.,
By Trout, Kilgore (West Country, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PDQ Thai (Audio CD)
This course is for elementary spoken Thai.
The perfect customer for this book would be somebody who visited Thailand on business fairly often and wanted to introduce themselves to their Thai colleagues, visit their home, talk about family, and do some sightseeing and shopping. This is done very well, with well chosen content. I will be backpacking, so I would have liked a bit more on travelling and obtaining accommodation and food. The over 4 hours of audio is very good. Some courses just repeat a phrase three times, then on to the next one. This has ample time to tackle the subjects several ways to get the language to sink in. The recording style and quality is the best I've heard on a language course. The 64 page book is well produced with pictures and tests. Perhaps sensibly for an elementary course, the Thai script is not covered, which leads to the BIG BUT: the transcription of the words into Roman script is much the worst I've come across, virtually unusable. As an example, the name of the language you are learning is apparently pronounced 'thay'. Different people learn languages different ways. I find it difficult to just memorise phrases parrot fashion. I also need to have some feeling of the structure so I can understand why the phrase is said that way, and then be able to use the words in new phrases. Providing this does not need to be complicated. The Lonely Planet phrasebook has an excellent short appendix of elementary grammar, the PDQ book does not. To prevent confusions, it also needs some literal translations of the phrases. As an example, 'Take the first street on the right' is given as 'Liaw khwaa..'. What is not shown is that this is literally 'Turn right..'. So if I later use 'liaw' when I ask if I can 'take' something, it will come out as can I 'turn' something. All this would also help to explain those puzzling little words in phrases, e.g. the Thai for 'where is?' : 'yoo tee nai', what are yoo, tee and nai?, I see them separately in other phrases, how and where do I use them? Lastly, nearly 30 quid is far too expensive. I am glad I got mine secondhand.
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