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Learn to Read Thai

Build reading skill through twenty lessons from consonants and vowels to mixed-pattern fluency.

20 lessons

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Reading foundations

Decode consonants, vowels, final sounds and tones, then build comprehension and mixed-pattern fluency.

  1. 01 First consonants and long vowelsRead four common consonants and combine them with the long vowels า and อ. Open lesson
  2. 02 More common consonantsAdd ม, ย, ว, ท and ด and read short words with the vowels you already know. Open lesson
  3. 03 First vowels above consonantsRead short /a/ and /i/ and long /ii/ when their marks appear above a consonant. Open lesson
  4. 04 High-class consonantsRecognise six regular high-class consonants and read simple live syllables with rising tone. Open lesson
  5. 05 Middle-class consonantsAdd ต, บ, ป and จ and connect them with the middle-class consonants ก and ด. Open lesson
  6. 06 Dead syllables with long vowelsRecognise final /k/, /t/ and /p/, distinguish live and dead syllables, and read long-vowel dead words. Open lesson
  7. 07 Dead syllables with short /a/Place ะ after an initial consonant and read short open syllables as dead syllables. Open lesson
  8. 08 Low-class consonants: set oneAdd ล, ค, พ, ฟ and ฮ and compare tone patterns in live and dead syllables. Open lesson
  9. 09 Reading foundations review oneReview consonant classes, apply the tone table, and locate boundaries in two-syllable words. Open lesson
  10. 10 Additional consonants and front vowelsClassify ซ and ถ, then read เ and แ written before their consonant. Open lesson
  11. 11 Common final soundsRead common Thai endings and separate the written final consonant from its spoken sound. Open lesson
  12. 12 Vowel length in real wordsContrast short and long vowel spellings while reading complete Thai words. Open lesson
  13. 13 Tone rules in complete wordsCombine consonant class, tone mark, vowel length and ending to analyse a whole word. Open lesson
  14. 14 Reading everyday phrasesRead short questions and responses for meaning, then confirm them in an exact-match FSI dialogue. Open lesson
  15. 15 Your first short Thai textRead a connected greeting, introduction and leave-taking based on the complete FSI lesson 5 dialogue. Open lesson
  16. 16 Initial consonant clustersRead selected source words that begin with a permitted consonant cluster. Open lesson
  17. 17 The unwritten vowel /o/Recognise a bounded closed-syllable pattern where short /o/ is not written. Open lesson
  18. 18 Words with ไ and ใRead high-frequency source words written with the two preposed /ai/ symbols. Open lesson
  19. 19 Wrapped vowel familiesScan selected words whose vowel spelling appears before and after the initial. Open lesson
  20. 20 Reading fluency reviewRead a mixed set of familiar vowel and syllable patterns, then retrieve meaning without a new rule. Open lesson