John,
This bio is on the resources section of this website (
http://www.thai-language.com/private-instruction):
"Kruu Tachaya
Hello there, all Thai learners Let me introduce myself. My name is Tachaya. I was born and raised up in Bangkok, Thailand. I speak Thai as my first language, and I am an experienced full-time Thai teacher with high English and Japanese proficiency. I have been teaching Thai for about 4 years to English-speaking students of all ages and nationalities as well as Japanese-speaking students.
I provide one-on-one private classes via Skype at the rate of US$20 (or THB 600 if you choose to pay in Thai currency) per hour or live classes in Los Angeles, California for US$25 per hour (Payments received through Paypal). I am available every day, Monday through Sunday. And as I teach Thai full-time, I believe my schedule is very flexible and that I can always respond to your needs, no matter where you live and what time you want to study. And since I do not require fixed time for classes, for those who are busy with work and cannot set the same time of every week for the lessons, there is nothing to worry about. You can let me know week by week when you want to have classes.
Besides being a professional, I am also a caring teacher. To make it easier for my students to learn and pick up the language, I allow my students to record my voice as I teach so that they can practice later by themselves outside of classroom. And as language learning is the matter of repetition and practice, this also helps my students remember vocabulary, sentence structure and so on as well as get the pronunciation right. Moreover, I encourage my students to ask me the questions they might have while studying by themselves, both during the class time and outside of class time (via Email), to help them learn even faster. I also always follow up and make sure my students are going to the right direction and walking towards success.
If you are interested in taking lessons with me or if you have any question, please send me an email to
lingua.quinze@gmail.com giving background information about who you are, what your goal of study is and how much Thai you already know. Thank you very much! I am looking forwards to hearing from you! "
She might live near you. Suggest your write her an email.
