JK Thai Inter Language School (ED visa)

If you're staying in Pattaya long enough to want a proper visa and a bit of the language, this is the sort of place that solves both problems at once. It's a Thai school for foreigners on Soi Pratumnak 6, teaching everyone from people who can't read a menu yet through to students who want to push past the tourist basics, and it handles the ED visa side that lets you stay legally while you study.

The hours are the real selling point. Doors are open every day of the week, 09:00 to 20:00, so you can build lessons around a job, a family or the fact that you're not a morning person. Pratumnak also keeps you out of the noise of central Pattaya, which helps when you're trying to hold new tones in your head. Just be honest with yourself about why you're enrolling. An ED visa needs documented attendance, and treating the classroom as a formality is how people end up in trouble at immigration.