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Even though I would also suggest you learn the writing system as well, so you can look up words in a dictionary, I think it's manageable to get by without the alphabet for a while.
Rick Bradford wrote:Even though I would also suggest you learn the writing system as well, so you can look up words in a dictionary, I think it's manageable to get by without the alphabet for a while.
I think this depends on whether you are primarily a 'visual' learner or an 'auditory' learner.
I am a 'visual' learner -- this means that I cannot remember a word until I've seen it written down. Some people can hear words and remember them; I cannot.
So for me (and other 'visual' learners), learning to read Thai is essential, because there is no standard transcription method, and many of those methods are inadequate.
That is quite apart from the benefits of learning to read Thai; the huge world of resources that opens up in terms of newspapers, magazines and (if you are in Thailand) street signs and so on.
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