30-day plan: Thai before the trip
About 1 hour a day, with roughly 10 new phrases per session. Set New phrases per session to 10 in the app’s settings.
Every day (about 1 hour)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 30 min | Audio session. Answer out loud every time, with the voice set to Both. |
| 10 min | Free listening: Thai YouTube, podcasts or music. Just catch words you know. |
| 15 min | Speaking: say today’s phrases while doing chores, or act out a scene from your trip. |
| 5 min | A second, short session later in the day (reviews only), or replay phrases from the word list. |
Day by day
Week 1: greetings, numbers, money, basic needs
| Day | Focus | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unit 1 · Greetings | Get the polite ending into every sentence. |
| 2 | Unit 2 · Getting by | “I don’t understand”, “please speak slowly” and “how do you say it in Thai?” will save you. |
| 3 | Unit 3 · Numbers | Count objects around you out loud in Thai. |
| 4 | Finish Unit 3, start Unit 4 · Money and bargaining | Read prices on receipts out loud in Thai. |
| 5 | Unit 4 · Money and bargaining | Numbers and prices are what you’ll use most. Drill them. |
| 6 | Unit 5 · Food and shopping | Practise asking “how much?” at every meal, in your head. |
| 7 | Review day | No new phrases. Turn on Auto and review on a walk. |
Week 2: wants, questions, arriving, getting around
| Day | Focus | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Finish Unit 5 | Role-play a market: ask the price, bargain, agree. |
| 9 | Unit 6 · Want, have, can | Make your own sentences: “I want to go…”, “do you have…?” |
| 10 | Unit 7 · Question words | Ask yourself who, what, where, when about everything you see. |
| 11 | Unit 8 · Everyday verbs and joining words | Join two things you learned with “but” and “because”. |
| 12 | Unit 10 · Airport and immigration | Imagine the arrival hall, start to finish. |
| 13 | Unit 11 · Taxis, tuk-tuks and buses | “Please use the meter” and “I’ll get off here” are worth knowing by heart. |
| 14 | Review day | No new phrases. Clear all reviews and replay the first ten units in the word list. |
Week 3: directions, hotel, food
| Day | Focus | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Unit 12 · Getting around | Give yourself directions out loud on your next walk. Listen for tone: near and far sound almost the same. |
| 16 | Unit 13 · Places and directions | Say where things are on your street: on the left, on the right, straight ahead. |
| 17 | Unit 14 · At the hotel | Imagine your check-in, start to finish. |
| 18 | Finish Unit 14, start Unit 15 · Ordering food | Role-play check-in, Wi-Fi and breakfast time, then order dinner. |
| 19 | Unit 15 · Ordering food | Order your own dinner out loud in Thai, even at home. |
| 20 | Unit 16 · Street food | Switch to one voice only for a session and see if it’s harder. |
| 21 | Review day | No new phrases. Hands-free review on a walk. |
Week 4: people, feelings, health, polish
| Day | Focus | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Unit 17 · Clothes, colors and sizes | Describe what you’re wearing. |
| 23 | Unit 18 · About you and Unit 19 · Family | Prepare a 3-sentence introduction of yourself and your family. |
| 24 | Unit 20 · Making friends and Unit 21 · Small talk | Thais love it when visitors try. Practise a modest reply to compliments. |
| 25 | Unit 22 · Reactions and heart words | “Jai yen yen” and “greng jai” open doors. Use them. |
| 26 | Unit 27 · Health and help | Learn these well, and hope you never need them. Add your own allergies or medicines. |
| 27 | Role-play: taxi, hotel, restaurant | Airport to hotel to dinner, all out loud, using the Talk lessons. |
| 28 | Numbers and prices drill | Replay the Numbers and Money units in the word list. Say random prices out loud. |
| 29 | Reviews and small talk | Introduce yourself out loud three times, in different ways. |
| 30 | Final review | Clear your reviews and relax. You’re ready. |
After the core units
The remaining A1 units (question words, verbs, days, places, street food, clothes, temples, faith, phone, making friends, reactions, family, telling the time, weather, airport, comparing) are extra. If you’re ahead of schedule, pick the ones that match your trip in the Words tab with Learn next. Otherwise, keep them for the trip itself.
Units 31 to 55 are the A2 stage: past, future and “-ing” markers, can, should and must, counting words, connectors, opinions, describing people and places, daily routine, work and study, plans, health, renting, phone calls, invitations and telling a story, plus massage and beaches. Start them once the A1 units feel comfortable, about one unit every two days.