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สุขสันต์วันปีใหม่ Happy New Year 2024

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As Christmas and New Year approach, I’d like to express my gratitude for the support of my Thai language students throughout the years. Many have remained friends long after our lessons concluded. I began teaching Thai in 2005 when I first moved to New York. It was an opportunity to experiment with second language acquisition theories I’d studied in graduate school, combining them with my experiences among American friends in both the States and back in Chiangmai.

The upcoming year marks the 18th year since I began offering Thai lessons. I am immensely grateful for this journey. I want to extend my warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May you have a wonderful time celebrating with your friends and family. I’m currently working on writing some posts and plan to post more frequently in 2024. Stay tuned!

Chiang Mai, January 2023

Learning Thai as a heritage language

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I was listening to an episode on learning “your parents’ language” on NPR’s Life Kit and it provided an accurate depiction of what heritage learners might expect when they learn their parents’ language. One notable thing from the episode was not to be easily sold to the idea of learning a language quickly as many language learning products might claim, but as a heritage learner, focus on your strengths. Many of my Thai heritage learners can understand spoken Thai, but they cannot seem to put sentences together. Focus on the fact that you understand spoken Thai and use that to build your linguistic repertoire. If you want to listen to the episode in full, here is the LINK.

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