Book signings and radio
I've been signing my book at the bookfair every
day this week. Today I was at the DK Today booth for an hour. DK Today,
of course, is probably the number one bookstore in the country for
English language learning and teaching material, so my book was an easy
sell. Students and young office workers are probably the number one
group of buyers but there are a lot of parents buying for their
children as well. Then, there is my favourite group, the older
"life-long learners". I always have them in mind when I write my
materials. Tomorrow I'll be at DK again starting at 2:30 p.m. so if you
are at the bookfair, please say hello.Yesterday, I was interviewed by Modern Radio 100.5, an MCOT station. The interviewer, Saichol Kiatgungwalgri, is quite experienced and she did a very good job. It ran about 20 minutes and it is scheduled to be aired on Sunday at about 4:00 p.m in their "World of Books" programme. And yes, it was in Thai.
If you listen, you will hear that while I am quite fluent, I still do not express myself like a Thai. Like many other people who have lived in a foreign country for many years, my language has become fossilised and it is very difficult to correct old, bad habits. I can still learn new vocabulary easily enough, but it seems almost impossible to reach that last stage of complete grammatical accuracy. I think what has held me back is that I work mainly in English, not Thai. But, again, maybe that is just an excuse.