Mind Your Language - Thailand
142/7 Moo 1, Bophut Beach,, Koh Samui, Thailand 84320, Thailand
Mind Your Language - Thailand
8-month Thai course supporting an educational visa.
The ED visa application takes 3 to 5 weeks + visa timing
The school application support is free
Classes are twice a week, 2 hours per session.
A minimum attendance of 80% is required.
Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar
MYL Thailand does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.
You can choose from the following class times:
Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.
Average | 6 students |
Maximum | 10 students |
Age range | 16 - 85 years old |
Average | 30 years old |
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE - THAILAND
Since establishing our first branch in 2001, we have worked hard to create and maintain our friendly, relaxed but highly effective environment in which to learn a new language. Over the past 19 years, we have taught over 3,500 students and continue to serve the growing number of foreigners who travel to or live on Koh Samui. Our school is located in Bophut near Fisherman’s Village in the north of the island.
We offer our students a variety of online classes and in-school intensive courses on the tropical island of Koh Samui and in the stunning mountain sceneries of Khao Yai National Park, aimed at different levels of learning from absolute beginners through to our advanced level.
Thai, English, and Italian Intensive language courses can be arranged for tourists or long-term residents. Private, one-to-one lessons can be scheduled if desired as well as reading & writing courses to fit the needs of our students.
Our experienced team at "Mind Your Language - Thailand" is made up of qualified, enthusiastic, and friendly, native Thai, English, and Italian teachers. Our Director and Head Teacher, Jom, has more than 22 years of experience teaching Thai to foreigners.
Our Director of the International Italian Language Certification Centre (PLIDA), Chiara, is a TEFL trainer and has been teaching English and Italian as a foreign language for more than two decades in Italy and in Thailand.
Mind Your Language Thailand is the only active International Certification Centre for the Italian language in Thailand and SEA and is the official language school recognized by the Thai Italian Chamber of Commerce.
T.M.C. TEACHING METHODS: to develop your muscle memory
T – Transformation method: Reversing sentence structure
M – Muscle memory method: Repetition leads to accuracy
C – Combination method: Creating meaningful paragraphs
The Mind Your Language basic teaching philosophy is to spend as much time as possible on speaking and listening to practical language conversation. We believe that learning should be both effective and fun so we try to keep our groups to a maximum of 10 students to ensure that everyone benefits from a more personal teaching approach and the group progresses together. We structure our programs based on the individual’s ability and needs, frequently reviewing & updating our course materials & methods for optimum learning capabilities.
MYL Thailand has partnerships with the following universities and colleges in Thailand. You can gain full or conditional acceptance into one of these institutions.
The nationality and age mix at Mind Your Language - Thailand varies over different time periods, courses and levels. Throughout the year, the average age is 30. In the summer, the average age is 30.
MYL Thailand teaches students from all over the world, including:
MYL Thailand does not hold classes on the holiday dates below. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.
Mind Your Language is in Koh Samui, a tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand, renowned for its lush vegetation made up mainly of coconut trees.
The school is in the lively and convenient village of Bophut, with its premises nested by a quiet and green area, an ideal setting to focus on your course. The classrooms are within walking distance from Fisherman's Village, a characteristic cozy neighborhood home to the most famous night market of the island, called Walking Street, and dotted by bars, restaurants, and shops.
A fantastic introduction to Thai with lots of phrases and words you'll actually use. Jom is an incredible teacher, always engaging and dropping in new words and phrases that will come in handy in your travels. Small classes so you get the help you need and an open environment to learn in.
Although I could only do 1 week I learnt so much it surprised me how much you can pick up in such a short amount of time with the right teacher. Lots of repetition and actually speaking involved.
Wish I had done the full course!
I'm taking intensive Thai classes online.
Compared to other language courses I have taken, Mind Your Language focuses more on practical application and more on repetition.
The course is about 20% new sentence structures or new words and 80% conversation, where you practice again and again with words you have learned (even from a few months ago). The teacher is very patient, with humour but also professional: always correcting mistakes without judging. He explains the difference between formal and informal Thai, we practice mostly with informal Thai (like sometimes using an L instead of an R and dropping the pronouns; as this is how most Thai actually speak).
He uses his own material, it can use some refinement, but what I like is that it builds vocabulary by category (many books focus on a dialogue and then eg you learn only the Thai words for 3 jobs, so you are directly stuck if reality is a bit different from the dialogue. Here you learn 30 jobs; same with dishes, drinks, locations, vegetables etc).
In short: very recommended. You will learn Thai that you can actually use.
I start the course in the end of March with Jom, Id like to improve Thai language and I thought this was the right time to do it online.
I really enjoy the class and I find the way of teaching very interesting and efficient.
Jom is a really good teacher and the lesson is fluent and fun too!
I have just finished the "level 1" session of the intensive training "2 weeks to speak Thai" from April 29 to May 10, 2019. My objective was to be able to (finally) communicate with the inhabitants of this beautiful country that welcomes me.
Before I joined, I had participated in an initiation in another school and met the leaders in another school. The rhythm offered elsewhere (generally 2 to 3 classes per week at a rate of 2 hours), like the methods, did not seem professional enough to me to quickly obtain a result for the beginner I was.
I then contacted via Facebook the "Mind your language" school, which runs the "2 weeks to speak Thai" course. I thought that immersion and intensive learning would be more beneficial for me and I had 2 weeks free.
I was immediately confident from the very first exchanges with Jom and Chiara.
I then consulted all the opinions found on the Internet. The pedagogical team supervises you perfectly from the first contacts and very quickly the date was confirmed and I made a commitment.
Our session included 3 adults.
The teaching takes place in a very friendly environment and ends with a Thai cooking class that is just as friendly at Infusion Cooking Class.
The proposed training "2 weeks to speak Thai" gives the essential basics of oral communication and grammar/conjugation. It also opens up a better general understanding.
Jom's teaching skills are a real plus. Jom is particularly experienced, he loves to teach and transmit, he is a passionate person; he is really gifted at making his teaching interesting and inviting to participate in a sustained way. His method is based on repetition: to strengthen our memory, he regularly repeats the same sentences and questions each participant in turn. His classes are dynamic, lively, he knows how to adapt to the different levels and rhythms of comprehension, motivate you when you sometimes despair of retaining these words which are surprisingly similar and difficult to pronounce, and is objectively pedagogical to encourage you to persevere when sometimes you get discouraged.
The courses are given in English. Jom speaks perfect and very clear English. As a result, these two weeks were also a perfect training opportunity for me to improve my English as well.
We were also fortunate to have his assistant, Mind, a teacher in training who is learning Jom's teaching techniques. Mind also trained us with a different Thai accent to improve our understanding. He has the best teacher!
I am French and I was 99% beginner, actually I only knew about thirty words in Thai, which is more than that I pronounced wrong. These 2 intensive weeks (5 hours per day x 5 days per week) are a plus for anyone who wants a solid foundation to start communicating.
The training is also an immersion in the local culture thanks to the anecdotes told by Jom.
His technique to boost memory through repetition is effective, I still hear the sentences that we have repeated so many times:) !!!!
The intensive course is perfect for motivated people, you really need to work to improve your learning, learn vocabulary and of course practice as much as possible.
Now we have to go for it!
Thank you very much for taking time to write a review of the course.
I'm Belgian nationality and I've been going and coming to Thailand in the past 7 years. I've tried to learn this language myself through the books and signed up some hours with Thai teachers on skype, but it didn't go well as I've planned and expected it to be, so I decided to search for intensive courses (speaking) during my vacations and this course was recommended by one of his ex-students who has done the course with him before.
I wasn't sure at the beginning but until I've read many positive comments about the teaching methods he uses so I decided to go on and signed up for the last course of 2018.
The whole 2 weeks were absolutely amazing and worth every penny!
What happened in our class was what the school has promised us. Jom started to make us speak and repeat questions, answers, positive sentences and negative sentences on day 1 (there were 8 of us). The teaching methods are unbelievable, it's very simple but effective and at the end of every day, I went back to my hotel with a sore jaw. :-)
He's very informative with a great sense of humour.
I highly recommended the 2 weeks to speak with Jom Nawa.
Thank you very much for your great review. Hope to see you for level at the end of this year.
I took a total of 4 weeks of level 1 and 2 of 2 weeks 'intensive Thai conversation course'. I was amazed that there were a lot of language schools on Koh Samui, but after examining it I chose from the fact that the reputation was the best, but I think it was really good at this school.
The most important thing is Jom Nawa's enthusiasm and established teaching method. It was very easy to understand Thai language that can be used immediately in practice, and I was able to learn in a pleasant atmosphere. Of course the contents have become more complicated and more difficult each day, but it has become very fun to study, and the time has passed every day. It is said that it is 'intensive (intensive course)' and there are 5 hours of hard work every day from Monday to Friday, but it is best to study intensively if you want to study languages personally I thought.
The class was also about 10 people at the maximum, but I think that the efficiency of learning with three people at level 1 and 4 people at level 2 was also good.
First of all, I need to speak English to some extent, but now I have friends of various nationalities and it has been a very fulfilling time. If you want to learn Thai at the resort, we recommend it.
Thank you very much for your review Kazu. I hope your coffee shop is going well.
After „2 Weeks To Speak - Intensive Thai Course“ I can say WOW!
I expected a lot, but not this :)
We were a small class of 5 students and Jom, our teacher.
Joms teaching method is perfect to me and I felt every minute that he loves his job.
After just two weeks our heads are full of Thai Language and Sounds. Even it was hard and brain burning, we learned and spoke Thai so much and laugh everyday by our student Kauderwelsch.
I don’t want to miss this 2 amazing weeks and I wish I had language teachers like Jom before.
Thank you, Jom!
Thank you very much, Sybille. I will send you some useful stuff about learning to read Thai very soon.
I went for two weeks to the "Mind Your Language School" in Bophut/Koh Samui. The head of the school is Jom Nawa, who also led the two-week intensive Thai course. At the beginning, I doubted whether such a language course in English would be the right thing for me. But after the first days, I realized that this was a very good decision for me.
The school itself is small but fine. The building consists of two floors, on the ground floor with a small kitchen and everything air-conditioned. The teachers are all very nice and friendly. We were four students in our class, so Jom asked each of us a lot about the lessons and the subject matter of the past days. But this fit very well to the main topic of the school. To remember the whole thing faster and better by repeating the words and sentences. The two textbooks concentrate on the essentials and refer strongly to everyday conversations in Thailand, and/or are very practice-oriented.
After the first lesson, I thought I was in the Army (You Are In The Army Now- Status Quo) :-), because Jom had already challenged us, which was also very good; finally, WE want to learn. But Jom is a very nice "guy", who also has a lot of fun. He has a very good English pronunciation, relatively loud, but with very clear emphasis and not spoken so fast. He pronounces the "R" also as "R" and not as "L". So, no communication problems.
I felt very comfortable during the two weeks and the intensive course helped me to improve my language skills. Now that I have found a good way (there are many ways to learn Thai; many are not necessarily right or too complicated), I can continue to learn the whole thing at home.
One day there was a power cut in the street. In spite of opened windows, it was not very pleasant to continue learning from noon on, which is why we stopped the lessons. Jom offered to bring us the unused hours at our next stay on Samui, which was really very fair of him. I think I made new friends on Samui and can only recommend this school!
Uwe
Thank you very much for your review Uwe. Hope you and your wife are enjoying the time in Germany.
I am happy to have done the two weeks to speak course with teacher Jom and 4 classmates. I learned A LOT in the little time we had. I love that this course teaches useful and common Thai words and phrases so you can start practicing after the first day. Jom is the best teacher and challenges each of his students. His teaching methods are superb and the learning environment is very fun and feels comfortable. I recommend anyone interested in learning Thai to come study here with teacher Jom! You won’t regret it! The cooking class included with the course is such a blast and I loved that I had the options to make all of my dishes vegan and they were still sooo delicious! All of the staff at Mind Your Language school are friendly and the facility is nice. I really wish I could continue to level 2, but I had to return home after the course. I look forward to studying Thai again at Mind Your Language! It’s so fun to be a student there :)
My advice to future travelers on this program....
Practice using your Thai with locals! The more you speak and listen the faster you can learn Thai! Really focus on learning how to pronounce new Thai words correctly. It helps so much to get it right the first time verses correcting it after years of saying it incorrectly. Have an open mind and just listen carefully to the sound of vowels and tones ;)
Would I recommend this program?
Yes, I would
Year Completed
2019
Thank you very much for your review, Jaime. I hope to see you back to Thailand to continue learning the language you love.
The family type of atmosphere in the school was welcoming from the moment you stepped through the door. Coffee or tea was offered which was welcoming.
All the teachers and staff are very friendly and it is that feeling of friendship that makes you feel at ease with your surroundings.
The course teachers are most informative and put the course content across in a friendly and enjoyable manner.
I look back at each lesson and think did I really go through that much information as the time flies past.
I have been to a few other schools dreading each lesson not knowing what to say, but at this school if you make a mistake no problem just try again. It must be the way they teach the language, the TMC methodology which reinforces way you learn the language.
T – Transformation method: Reversing sentence structure.
M – Muscle memory method: Repetition leads to accuracy.
C – Combination method: Creating meaningful paragraph.
I feel more confident in the language to be able to speak to local people outside the classroom
Thank you very much for your great review, Christopher.
We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.
Your letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you. If you wish to receive your paperwork by express mail, you will be charged ฿ 2,500 when you register.
Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Koh Samui based on your budget, schedule and preferences.
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