Language and Linguistics
Have you ever spent weeks, months … even years learning a language only to have people still scratch their heads trying to figure out what you’re saying? .. Or even worse? How do you know that people are really getting the message you intend them to get? Have you ever had
Language and Linguistics
Pick a Language Any Language Over the past 2 weeks, I have received over 50 messages, comments and emails from people all over the world asking about how they should embark on learning a language. I normally keep the following for people who enroll in my Cracking Thai Fundamentals programme,
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw-rF-AKW88)I’ve just spent the past week setting up a mini TV studio at home here so I can start producing some great content for all of you.
Language and Linguistics
“Wow! You speak Chinese so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? 哈哈哈哈” “Wow! You speak Thai so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? 5555” “Wow! You speak Korean so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ” “Wow! You speak Bahasa Indonesia so well …. you must have a
Braille
I had a sensuous train ride today. I’ve gotta tell you – you would be amazed what two Taiwanese women on a train will say to each other in Chinese in front of you when they think that you don’t understand them! I milked the situation for all it
Interpreting and Translation
R.I.P. Stuart Jay Raj’s NAATI Professional Level 3 Thai Interpreters Exam 19th of August, 2010 Moving to Australia recently was a tough call for me. I love my life in Thailand and never would I have imagined a year ago that this time this year I would
Farsi
Sifting through the propaganda in the aftermath of 9/11 Just after 9/11, I can remember the same feeling. The western news agencies were akin to a synchronised swimming team. The sound bites coming out slowly changed over time, though no matter what news channel you turned on on
I’m sitting here looking across to at a pile of around 3,000 books that just arrived from my home in Bangkok. About 85% of these books are ‘language’ books. That is, they’re books whose purpose is to teach you a language, or books on linguistics … in many
[](http://stujay.com/2010/08/11/how-to-become-gifted-at-learning-languages-youre-never-too-old/)The other day, I put a post up entitled “[How to Become ‘Gifted’ at Learning Languages – You’re Never too Old](http://stujay.com/2010/08/
Interpreting and Translation
Lights … Camera … [](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/CIMG3003.jpg)That crazy time of year has arrived again. White sashes are being pinned, flubby bits are being retracted and false eye-lashes are
Chinese
Everything in this universe can be broken down into binary – 0′s and 1′s. I love to draw the curtain back and reveal the 0′s and 1′s… perhaps we could call this ‘Wizard of Oz’ syndrome – the Wizard is never as scary as he’s made out
Language and Linguistics
[](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/floobenflahter-flasks-copy.jpg)### If it’s like that on Floobenflahter, surely it’s like that on Earth? A ‘Floobenflahter’ from the planet Floobenflahter landed here