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In-Flight Thai: Learn Before You Land

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Concept of this cd is good, learn basic Thai in a short length of time. Plus its the only Thai language tutorial that I know of thats on cd. The problem is that the Thai words and phrases are pronounced ridiculously fast for a beginner to comprehend. I've run this by 3 of my friends and they all felt that it was humorous to be expected to be able to imitate the pronunciations, many words were said so rapidly that none of my friends could begin to repeat them . The words should be said slowly once, then speeded up to the rate that native Thais speak. The small book is helpful, but to have to continually follow it while listening to the cd somewhat defeats the purpose of the cd. More repetition would also be most welcome. It seemed as though the authors never ran this by someone who had never spoken Thai.

To my ear, it sounds like the Thai phrases were computer generated. Granted that the technology has come a long way since War Games, it is still not the same as a human speaker, or hopefully a native Thai speaker.

Way too Fast. Really hard to understand the language with this CD. Even hard for me to tell expresions I already know.

Too Fast but no other options on CD

I am not very good at any language's so how can I tell you if this is good or not but what I do know is that is that I like it better than "Speak Like a Thai"

I bought "In-Flight Thai" thinking it was an actual Thai language course. I was thoroughly disappointed. It is merely a Thai phrase book put on CD. Though, it could be use as a supplement for a regular course. This is not for someone looking to become fluent in Thai, but for a highly motivated person looking to learn a little bit of Thai. Yet, if you want to memorize a few common phrases in Thai to help you get by then this might... maybe be better than buying a regular phrase book that is not accompanied by audio. For those who think "In-Flight Thai" might be for them, here is a list of the lessons it has to offer.
LESSON 1: SAYING HELLO
LESSON 2: BASIC EXPRESSIONS
LESSON 3: NUMBERS (very good way to learn numbers)
LESSON 4: AT THE AIRPORT
LESSON 5: GETTIN AROUND
LESSON 6: ASKING DRECTIONS
LESSON 7: AT THE HOTEL
LESSON 8: MAKING FRIENDS
LESSON 9: AT THE RESTRAUNT
LESSON 10: TELLING TIME
LESSON 11: MONEY
LESSON 12: SHOPPING
LESSON 13: STAYING IN TOUCH
LESSON 14: AT THE TRAIN STATION
LESSON 15: GETTING HELP
LESSON 16: DAYS AND MONTHS
LESSON 17: GOING OUT
LESSON 18: ASKING QUESTIONS AND DESCRINBING THINGS

Completely worthless. The Thai speakers speak WAY too fast, the guy on there sounds computer generated, and the little phrasebook that comes with it doesn't have any tone markings on it. Needs to be slower, clearer, and have more options for repetition. Not recommended.