Nationality breakdown of farangs studying Thai

[bapak]

For those that may be interested in such mundane things, following is nationality breakdown of foreigners who have studied Thai at The Language Centre in the last 18 months... United Kingdom is the leader with the Netherlands not far behind.

Country Qty. %
Australia 9 4.3%
Belgium 3 1.4%
Canada 6 2.9%
China 1 0.5%
Denmark 11 5.3%
Finland 2 1.0%
France 12 5.8%
German 23 11.1%
Ireland 5 2.4%
Italy 2 1.0%
Korea 2 1.0%
Mozambique 2 1.0%
Netherlands 30 14.5%
New Zealand 1 0.5%
Norway 9 4.3%
Phillipines 4 1.9%
Russia 3 1.4%
Sweden 13 6.3%
Switzerland 9 4.3%
United Kingdom 50 24.2%
USA 10 4.8%
21 207

[pharvey]

How does this actually tie up with the breakdown of nationalities resident in Hua Hin?

[Big Boy]

How many students were taught during that year?

[bapak]

How many students were taught during that year?

It is on the bottom the list.. 207 students from 21 countries.

[bapak]

How does this actually tie up with the breakdown of nationalities resident in Hua Hin?

Wish we knew. Have seen 3 different list of expats in Hua Hin... and they all vary quite a bit. One had more UK than German whilst another had the opposite.

[Big Boy]

How many students were taught during that year?

It is on the bottom the list.. 207 students from 21 countries.

Thanks - I saw the 21 207, and guessed it had something to do with the total numbers, but couldn't actually decipher the meaning. Clarification appreciated

[bunthom]

are all of your students residents, or do these figures include visitors who study Thai language?

[usual suspect]

I remember 10 years ago there were heaps of Germans in HH,- tourists & ex-pat, now they seemed to have occupied various islands down south and the Skandi-population moved in.

[bapak]

are all of your students residents, or do these figures include visitors who study Thai language?

All are on B or O in its many varities (long stay). Does not include tourists. Tourists are in a different category.

[Korkenzieher]

I've not been around as long as usual suspect (3 years or so) but have also noticed something of a shift from German to Skandi in HH.

Therefore the thing I find interesting about the numbers is the relatively small combined number of Skandis - 35 if you include Danes (really I am thinking mostly of the large numbers of Norwegians and Swedes I seem to encounter) signing up for longer courses. Perhaps they tend to be holiday makers / tourists more frequently than residents?

Several Germans I have met (3 or 4) have learned quite a lot of Thai before coming here, using the Volkshochschule at home. Going back to Poomsan-Becker 1 would be something they'd only be likely to do if they were on the ED visa game, so in any case, you might expect their numbers to underrepresent the population.