Thai Cassette Pack with Phrase Book

Rating:
Summary: this phrase book is alright
Review: the phrase book is clearly labeled and i really appreciated how easy it is to locate certain topics. it is also great that they have the phrases written in thai so that you can point to words when you cannot pronounce them to someone. however the audio tape goes very fast and it is hard to learn some of the longer phrases just by listening to the tape. but if you are serious about pronouncing things right, do NOT buy a phrase book without a tape. thai is a hard language to pronounce and you need to hear it spoken to learn it.

Rating:
Summary: this phrase book is alright
Review: the phrase book is clearly labeled and i really appreciated how easy it is to locate certain topics. it is also great that they have the phrases written in thai so that you can point to words when you cannot pronounce them to someone. however the audio tape goes very fast and it is hard to learn some of the longer phrases just by listening to the tape. but if you are serious about pronouncing things right, do NOT buy a phrase book without a tape. thai is a hard language to pronounce and you need to hear it spoken to learn it.

Rating:
Summary: Worst ever.
Review: This cassette/phrasebook combo is the worst I have ever seen. The phrasebook is not bad, but there is no connection between the book and the cassette. (The cassette refers to a written transcript, but none was included.) It is impossible to look up most of the phrases on the tape in the book. To make things worse, the translations of English phrases into Thai that I was able to find in the book were different from the ones given on the tape! I had thought Berlitz was a quality operation - I will never buy anything of theirs again, and if you take my advice, you never will either. I would ask for my money back, but I have not been able to contact Berlitz.

Rating:
Summary: Worst ever.
Review: This cassette/phrasebook combo is the worst I have ever seen. The phrasebook is not bad, but there is no connection between the book and the cassette. (The cassette refers to a written transcript, but none was included.) It is impossible to look up most of the phrases on the tape in the book. To make things worse, the translations of English phrases into Thai that I was able to find in the book were different from the ones given on the tape! I had thought Berlitz was a quality operation - I will never buy anything of theirs again, and if you take my advice, you never will either. I would ask for my money back, but I have not been able to contact Berlitz.