#1 - Not utilising spaced repetition software.

One of the biggest tasks that language learners face is the task of learning and remembering large amounts of vocabulary. Often a student will spend time learning new vocabulary only to find that he or she cannot recall it in a few weeks time. Fortunately, there is a fairly new and very effective way to combat this. The technique is called spaced repetition testing. Spaced repetition testing is used throughout the HighSpeedThai program to ensure that whenever you learn something new it is deeply imbedded into your memory. This inturn means that you will be able to recall vocabulary when you need it most. Click here for more information on how the HighSpeedThai program ensures that when you learn something new you will retain it for the long term.

#2 - Attempting to learn new vocabulary out of context

If a word is presented to you in rich context you will learn how that word is used, how it fits into a sentence and you won’t need to memorise any tedious grammatical terms. Learning a language in context will therefore allow you to speak more quickly and fluently because you won’t need to consciously piece together each and every sentence in your mind prior to saying them out loud. Great care has been taken to ensure that the new words which you are taught in the HighSpeedThai system are always presented to you in a wide variety of rich contexts. You will find that new words are often used in 10 or more completely different scenarios. This mutli-contextual exposure will help your brain assimilate new vocabulary with very little conscious effort.

#3 - Not being exposed to enough spoken Thai.

It is very important that you tune your eat into a new language and the best way to do this is to listen to the language. It is very important that beginners are exposed to as much Thai audio as possible. Other systems give you one or two audio CDs, the HighSpeedThai program includes over 78 hours of audio which is the equivalent of 56 traditional audio CDs. Listening to these will result in the development of good pronunciation habits, the ability to easily recall how a word is pronounced and the capability to comprehend others with ease.

We recommended that you copy the audio to your MP3 player. This way you can easily and conveniently listen to the audio when you are out shopping, exercising or driving. If you do not have a MP3 player, you can be purchase one online inexpensively.

#4 - Learning formal written vocabulary rather than spoken colloquial vocabulary.

You will find that a lot of the resources on the Thai language tend to focus on teaching you more formal written Thai rather than the informal Thai that is used on the streets. In the HighSpeedThai system you will learn vocabulary that will be immediately useful to you.

According to the department of applied linguistics at Cambridge University, the 1000 most common English words make up 84.3% of the vocabulary used in conversation, 82.3% of the vocabulary used in fiction, 75.6% of the vocabulary used in newspapers and 73.55% of the vocabulary used in academic texts. Although these statistics apply to the English language, the same trend is true for all languages. By concentrating on acquiring a highly useful vocabulary you as a language learner will develop a broad understanding of the language in a very short period of time.

The vocabulary that is taught in our program has been strategically selected due to its high value and broad usage. For more information on the vocabulary that you will learn in the HighSpeedThai system, click here.

#5 - Learning vocabulary prior to being able to pronounce the various Thai sounds.

There is not much point in learning new vocabulary if others cannot understand you when you use it, or you cannot understand others when they use it. The Thai language contains a number of sounds which are not present in English. It is vitally important that you develop a reasonable ability to pronounce these sounds prior to building your vocabulary. The pronunciation lessons in our program will help you develop your pronunciation abilities quickly and easily.

#6 - Failing to get a good grip on the tones prior to acquiring vocabulary.

This point is similar to the point above, in that it is fruitless to learn new words if you cannot pronounce them. As Thai is a tonal language you will need a reasonable capacity to pronounce the five tones prior to building your vocabulary. Our precisely constructed tone lessons will firstly build your ability to hear the differences between the tones, and then only when you can hear the differences between the tones, will you be taught how to pronounce them. You will find that as you listen to more and more spoken Thai, your ability to pronounce the tones will improve without requiring any conscious effort. For more information on exactly how our program can help you with pronouncing the Thai tones click here.

#7 - Putting off learning to read.

Like most people, you are probably not that interested in learning how to read Thai. You may assume that learning to read Thai is a difficult task. You may also question why learning to read is necessary. If you want to be able to speak anything more than very basic Thai, knowing how to read will be your biggest aid in improving your abilities to speak. By learning to read you will dramatically improve your pronunciation as you will be able to couple a unique sound with a particular letter. Transliterated words can often be pronounced in a number of different ways, this often leads to incomprehensible pronunciation. When you can read Thai you will be able to pronounce words exactly how they should be pronounced. There are just too many reasons to outline here on why learning to read is so critical to those who want to be able to speak the language. We discuss these reasons in detail in our section on “Learning how to read”.

Instead of being a difficult and time consuming task learning to read can be straightforward and easy to accomplish when the right methods are used. The section on how to read Thai which is included in the HighSpeedThai program makes use of many proven memory retention principles to ensure quick and easy learning. We have explained more on what these are and how they are used here. When using the HighSpeedThai program you can expect to be reading Thai within 15 to 25 hrs of study.

#8 - Trying to learn too much at one time.

A language is best learnt in small easy to assimilate bite-sized chunks. By approaching a language in this manner, you can be sure that you will never feel overwhelmed by the task as a whole. You will feel a strong sense of achievement as you conquer the language one step at a time. Learning a language is similar to completing a large jigsaw puzzle. For example, if you were given a puzzle which had 5,000 pieces, you would likely be overwhelmed by the task of putting it together, and it is likely that you would ‘throw in the towel’ prior to commencing it. Now let’s say that you were given the same jigsaw puzzle, but this time the 5,000 pieces were sorted into small bags, where each bag contained 100 adjoining pieces. Completing the jigsaw puzzle in this way, one section at a time, would be a much easier and a more achievable task than attempting to take on the whole 5,000 piece puzzle at one time. Every lesson in the HighSpeedThai program has been broken down much like this. You will find that each of the 81 lessons included in the program are easy to accomplish, and at no stage will you feel overwhelmed by the task of learning the Thai language.

The HighSpeedThai program has been constructed using proven secondary language acquisition principles. You can expect to learn the language at a rapid pace when using the program. We are so sure of this we guarantee you that:

1. You will find that HighSpeedThai is more efficient and effective than other methods of study. This includes classes and private lessons.
2. Your Thai ability will rapidly improve when using HighSpeedThai.
3. Once you have completed the HighSpeedThai program, you will have a solid base in the Thai language.
4. You will be very happy with your purchase of HighSpeedThai.
    

If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase of the HighSpeedThai system we will happily refund all of your money plus all postage costs. If you have any questions about this please feel free to contact me directly at

The above eight points are only a small sample of the methodologies that have been incorporated into the program. Please feel free to look around this website to learn more about how the HighSpeedThai program ensures quick and efficient learning. At the moment you can purchase the HighSpeedThai program at a $20 discount. To be entitled to this discount, all you need to do is click here to join our newsletter and we will instantly send you out a coupon number. Your email address will be kept confidential and we will keep email correspondence to a minimum, on average we will email you less than 10 times per year. Once you have joined the newsletter, click here to purchase the HighSpeedThai program. If you have any questions about the HighSpeedThai system or learning Thai in general I would be more than happy to hear from you. Please email me at . If you have not bookmarked this website click here to do so.