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@Charles *********
Oh lord yes if you actually want to speak Thai I would suggest 2-4 hours at least 5 days a week.
Craig ********
Please note that if you ACTUALLY want to learn to speak Thai (perhaps 10% of the students actually want to learn) you should expect to spend a heck of a lot more hours than the school expects.

I suggest watching the news in Thai on youtube. Slow it down and use a translator for words you don't understand. Do 1-2 hours 7x a week and you'll made solid progress. And of course practice speaking at every oppertunity
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@Charles *********
you don't have to go to class at all if you don't want to. The online classes offered at my school are one two-hour class, once a week.
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@Charles *********
The school will help you learn, but you'll have to do 10x as much on your own as you do in class if you actually want to speak Thai.

I do not believe you can re-apply. You get one, and only one, Thai language ED visa unless you are a student at a university.

You can do a year of thai-boxing (to get a 2nd year here). You can do volunteer work. But as far as it has been explained to me (by the thai language school i pay to do my visa work) you get 1 year and that's it.
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@Roberto *********
ED visa is a 1 year max (not 2) (unless you enroll in a university). It's a new stamp every 2 months (not 90 days). And the immigration agents do not test your language skills. I've never even heard of this and have not gotten a single question in Thai in my 10 months on an ED visa.
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@John *******
You are incorrect sir. Need to update your information
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@Paul ****************
You are incorrect sir. Need to update your information
Craig ********
in fact the ministry of education comes in and inspects the school once a year. The school is legitimate, I can assure you. They have a brick and morarter school with 4 or 5 instructors and an administrator. And most of the classes are offered online visa skype.

I can assure you, it's legitimate
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@Kool ******
no I did not use an agent. .... the school is not online, the CLASSES are online and there is nothing to be "caught" about

This is one of the largest language school in bangkok.

You don't know what you're talking about