I've done group classes twice in the past. 3 months in Spain, and 1 month in Thailand. Neither time did I learn much. A large part of that is because I'm a lazy fuck, but a large part is also because I feel group classes are not a great way to learn a language. If your class has 6-8 people, you get 1/6th to 1/8th as much speaking time as you would in a private session.
I want to up my Thai speaking ability the next time I come back to BKK, and I am planning on setting aside enough cash to do 4 hours of 1on1 lessons a day, 5 days a week, for a month. In Thailand this shouldn't cost me too much. In Brazil it may be pretty expensive, but in Thailand money isn't much of an issue.
Has anyone done this before, or something similar? For those of you that have experience with both group classes and private lessons, would you say the privates are much more valuable than the group classes?
I want to up my Thai speaking ability the next time I come back to BKK, and I am planning on setting aside enough cash to do 4 hours of 1on1 lessons a day, 5 days a week, for a month. In Thailand this shouldn't cost me too much. In Brazil it may be pretty expensive, but in Thailand money isn't much of an issue.
Has anyone done this before, or something similar? For those of you that have experience with both group classes and private lessons, would you say the privates are much more valuable than the group classes?