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Originally Posted by kick2dante
There are 2 main considerations with language schools for long timers. One is the ED visa and the other is the quality of the language instruction. The reason I don't put cost as a consideration is because all the possibilities I looked at were almost the same.
At Walen they are very good and competent with the ED visa, no dramas.
As for the language instruction its a bit of a mix but comes out +EV overall. The teachers are nice and they really care about your learning. Its defiantly a benefit to the student that they make you learn the Thai alphabet first. The downside is that they hire unqualified and inexperienced teachers who often don't have theoretical understanding of adult learning and formal language structure and such. Also the method they use is a bit repetitive and can get boring.
I would love to hear peoples first hand real experiences with other language schools and especially universities that do the ED visa for Thai language courses.
Also there is this which serves as inspiration for men who have left Thailand to go back
http://www.youtube.com/user/learntha...e=results_main