About me

         Hello ! everyone. My name's Natthida Namnaphon. You can call me "Dao". I'm an English student at Faculty of education, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajapbhat University. My student number is 5311114091. This is the big task in Curriculum and Learning management in English subject. Let's learn together.

Week 20: Learning Log - The last day of the class

The last day of the class

It is last day for teaching test about ASEAN and this subject. Today there were 11 people. I will show you about each presentation.

The first person taught speaking skill. She thought about exchange rate. She let students to speak more time including group and pair work and she used language fluency. The second person taught reading skill. She prepared ASEAN song to start the lesson. She thought reading strategies. The third person taught writing skill. She let students to watch ASEAN video before going to start the lesson. The fourth person taught listening skill. She thought about booking a flight ticket. The fifth person taught speaking skill. She thought about asking and bargaining prices. She let students to know the currency and play game. The sixth person was me. I taught listening skill. Activities that I used were video playing, answer question from listening and write own converstation. The seventh person taught writing skill. He thought how to write a fight ticket. He showed the website that it’s useful for real situation. The eighth person taught speaking skill. She taught about exchange rate in Malaysia. She prepared more activities for students. The ninth person taught reading skill. She thought about meaning of ASEAN countries flag. She had more activities. The tenth person taught writing skill. She thought writing a postcard in Malaysia. She had a real material. The last person taught speaking skill. He thought about country and nationality. He let students to have more time to practice speaking skill.

From presentation in these two days, everyone was good better than the 1^st lesson plan. Students have more times to prepare and practice. They also know weakness of own. Because there’re 3 vital topics that teacher have to do related lesson plan including language, process and learning in real situation.

Week 20: Learning Log - The first ASEAN lesson plan day

The first ASEAN lesson plan day

This class is the first day for teaching “ASEAN” lesson plan. Although, most people have lots of time to prepare each work; I know every students still depressed and excited about testing. There’re 13 people that presented their lesson plans.

The first person taught about listening skill. She opens video before. She teaches about Laos and show vocabulary of places. Her exercise is fills in the blanks by listening to the sound. She feels so excited to be the first person. The second person taught about the identity of Laos in speaking skill. They are six topics including food, musical instrument, currency, flowers and tourist attractions. The terminal objective was matching the question, answer cards and conversing of identity of Laos. The third person taught about food of Malaysia such as Ketupat. Her lesson plans was on reading skill. She used “True or False” for teaching. Her class was interesting because she could motivate students to pay attention by proper vocabularies in Malaysia. The forth person taught traveling places of Laos by playing a game before and she opened video about traveling places. She taught writing skill and related comparison. In her period, there’re problem about her video. The fifth is person taught about foods of Singapore and ordering food for example “Waiter: Excuse me. Would you like to order now? Customer: Yes. I’d like the Fish Head Curry. ” The vocabularies are Rojak, Yong Tau Foo, Fish Head Curry. The sixth person teaches about traveling places of Brunei such as Kampong Ayer. She teaches about reading skill by using news. I think that she should improve about speaking English and make understand about the lesson more but her lesson plan is interesting because she uses the news for bringing to the lesson. The seventh person she opens video before and teaches about traveling places of Singapore such as Singapore zoo, universal studios Singapore. She teaches writing skill for writing post cards. Her teaching is very interesting because she focuses the writing post cards and use authentic material. The eighth person used video in warm – up and taught about recommend of places in Malaysia. There’re many interesting place in there. The beautiful presentation could motivate students to learn. The ninth person taught about do and don’t of rules in Malaysia. This is the best pattern for teaching culture in ASEAN community. After finished her class, she provided student to give an example about differencing Thai and Malaysia cultures. The tenth person taught in currency of ASEAN such as Indonesia = Rupi, Malaysia = Ringgit, Philippine = Peso. The eleventh person, she uses a game in warm – up by matching the flag of ASEAN and the name of country. Her teaching is reading skill. The twelfth person, she teaches writing traveling places of Vietnam and her teaching is writing. Moreover, she uses adjective for teaching writing. The thirteenth, she teaches about currency of each country of ASEAN. She let students to listen exchange rate conversation.

In conclusion, there are three factors affected for efficient learning outcome such as performance, evaluation and condition. Teachers realize to apply content about it to another function such as teaching students to write a postcard. Teachers can enhance students to use English in several real life situations. 

Week 19: Learning Log - The second day for teaching local lesson plan

The second day for teaching local lesson plan

For teaching lesson plans in local topic, there’re 6 people. Each person was exciting for the first time to testing. Many people have more times to improve lesson plans after listen to teacher’s comment. Let’s learn from my friends’ teaching processes.

The first person taught ordering food. She let student learn vocabularies and play game by stick on the board. After that, she explains structure for ordering food. The second person showed video and picture cards of direction. She taught the structure of giving of direction. There’re interesting in her video that actress ask people with the same structure for many times. The third person taught about food in Nakhon Si Thammarat by playing game and show cartoon video. The forth person taught occupation in Naratiwat and asking and answering of occupation. Next person Hathaiphet Pudpad, she taught traveling places and asking-answering of direction. She gave conversation video about direction. The last person taught about Satun province and descriptive adjective. He asked students to explain the environment around there.

To sum up, although; someone were exciting and forgot their teaching process; students were good prepare. Because they're practice many times. All of comments from teacher and friends help them to develop their abilities to be professional teacher. However, the good lesson plan should have learning process that appropriate in the main skill, using the content in real life, using authentic material and correcting terminal objective. 

Week 19: Learning Log - The first local lesson plan

The first local lesson plan

This’s a first day for testing lesson plan 1 (local). There are many people that not yet taught and various topics including tourist attractions, foods, occupations, directions, and reservation hotel. Students also prepared a lot of different games. Then, I’d like to show you about teaching process of each person.

The first person taught tourist attractions in Phung Nga. She used video as warm up and her game was very interesting. The second person taught making recommendation. First she showed the video about tourist attractions in NST and she show word card, then she taught phrase for asking and giving about place to visit in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The third person taught about activities when you go somewhere. He improves about structure and excercise which they are too much. The fourth person taught about Direction. She had game, work group and pair work. The fifth person taught about occupations in Trang. She needs to improve her rubric because she doesn’t edit by her own idea. The sixth taught the food in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Her game is the jigsaw of food. She teaches the structure is “What food do you like?” The seventh person taught Songkhla province and asking-giving direction. She also taught ‘Future going to.’ Students can make their own sentences by using picture card. The eighth taught about type of hotel by giving brochure each hotel in Nakon. His game is rearranging the word which they are the type of room in the hotel. It’s a good idea that he used authentic materials. The last person taught about “either and neither” there’re several structure and more difficult for intermediate students.

Concluding, the noticeable that I’ve learned from other teaching is accuracy and fluency of teacher. Moreover, most students didn’t have assessment to check students while do activities and their own idea in Rubric criteria. Moreover, the main of teaching in CLT approach is use the function which students really could use out classroom. There’re many things that students have improve. It’ll be better for next testing.

Week 18: Writing - Bangkok Holiday

Bangkok Holiday

        Stephane starts holiday on September 29^th, 2013. After he can resolve the problem, it’s time to relax in Bangkok. He just arrive Bangkok on early morning of day.

        When I talked with Stephane, he already clear the problem and he can go in Bangkok. He has been tired after he spent 14 hours on train. Although, he came to there since yesterday, he still feel tired a lot. Furthermore, he ate many things. So, he felt full and wanted to sleep. He’s going to back Thungsong on October 14^th, 2013. For travelling in this trip, it’s good for him to change new environment.

        Concluding, the time in Bangkok is a relaxing of Staphane. I feel better after he feel stronger. He taught me to learn about brave and fighting of human. Our lives also have good and bad things.

In my opinion, human can’t determine everything because life is a beautiful struggle. So, all moments of life gotten from your attempt. No one will find only good or bad things in their lives. 

Week 18: Learning Contract

Learning Contract Week 18

Day	Time	Activity
September 30th	21:00	W-Bangkok Holiday
October 1st
October 2nd
October 3rd
October 4th
October 5th
October 6th

week 16: Writing - Injustice Action

Injustice Action

        Today, it’s on September 21^th, 2013. I didn’t talk with my friend for a long time, I say hello him and we talked talk together about his problem.

        When I talked with Stephane, he told me about his problem. It really started his holiday, but can’t travel anywhere. Because he has to sign his name in the school, wait until 4 pm. and go back home. He didn’t want to do that because he wanted to visit his family in Bangkok. His head department didn’t allow him to do that. She said “they’re laws that he need to obey.” The main problem is it. Stephane couldn’t accept about her action. It’s injustice for him because she allows another foreigner teacher to visit her dad in abroad. But she didn’t allow him to go to Bangkok. Moreover, he angry that her edit his grade. Stephane gave zero to some students, but it’s a policy of the school that no allows teacher gives zero to the students.

        To sum up, Stephane’s problem is wants to have a holiday to visit family on October. It’s a cause of displeasure between him and the head department. I hope the problem will be better soon.

You sometimes meet the situation that you don’t agree. Because, people always meet injustice events that you didn’t agree; you should live with balance. 

Week 16: Learning Contract

Learning Contract Week 16

Day	Time	Activity
September 16th
September 17th
September 18th
September 19th
September 20th
September 21th	21:00	W-Injustice Action
September 22th

Week 14: Writing - The problem

The problem

        Today, it’s on September 5^th, 2013 that is Thursday. After I presented my work and backed room. I talked with Stephane about my feeling today.

        He said hello me first again. He asked “how are you today.” I told him about my problem today. I described that I suggest my idea to create work to my group. I design task by myself for 4 hours. But when I show to them, someone say it’s bad. I feel sad after listen that word. After we work finished, I told her on Facebook about bad words can make me cry. Finally, she and I become reconciled. Likewise, we talked about his problem. He felt upset about his class. He doesn’t like to teach M.1 because they always talk together. It makes him feel angry and I appease him “it’s only this term to term to teach to babies.”

        Concluding, our conversations are interesting with feeling in this day. We often tell to the other about each problem. Moreover, he sometimes talks with me in France.

It’s impossible of each person never have problem in their own. Nevertheless, you always meet the problem and one day you can pass it. So, people should prepare themselves to meet every moment of lives.

Week 14: Writing - Best Friend

Best Friend

        Today, it’s on September 4^th, 2013 that is Wednesday. In my university, it’s the final test time. I have to clear all my work and read a lot. Although, Stephane and I didn’t talk so much but we still chat regularly.

        I was very busy about my project in English business and English for mass media. In these subjects, my friends and I have to prepare work for presenting tomorrow. After, Stephane greeted me; we talked less and I explain him about my tasks. He understood me and we finished conversation at 19:27.

        To sum up, I never forget about his face, smile and speech. He always makes me smile. Most times to chat with him, he usually to greet me first. When I felt down, he often asks and pushes up me. I think, our friendship will remain forever because he is my best friend.

In people lives, they’re also need to live in society and have interaction with other people. They can the new people in every time of lives. However, there’re too much to have good friend to help and share their problem. If you find them, you shouldn’t let them go away. 

Week 14: Writing - Enjoy Eating Alone

Enjoy Eating Alone

        Today, it’s on September 2^th, 2013 that is a weekday. It’s a beginning of week that everyone should do their roles. In the evening of day, I talked with Stephane Salaun about food and restaurant.

        Today, it’s his workday. We were talked before he work and after he finished in the evening. He chatted with me when he was on the restaurant. Restaurant he had diner isn’t Khun Ploy. Today, he found the new restaurant; but he doesn’t know the name of it. But tastes are good, too. He ate food and cake. I asked him about his feeling when going anywhere alone. He told, it’s a personality of him. He loves do anything alone and sometimes he likes to be quiet, too. Only short time, he felt alone. He told me, there are less people that can speak French with him. So, he loves silence.

        Finally, Stephane always go anywhere only him. The place that he loves to go is café and restaurant. The routine cycle is doing like this. I think I may lonely, if I were him. It’s his personality for him. He likes to be quiet the most. But sometimes he likes to live with crowd.

Human couldn’t speak or listen all the times. In your turn, you will choose to be an audience or a speaker. You don’t like to be quiet; it’s not means no need to communicate. You love to live with many people; it doesn’t matter don’t like silence. So, you should live with balance don’t speak too much and listen to more than.

Week 14: Listening - What a relief

What a relief

Adam Bradshaw is the famous foreigner teacher. His TV programs are in many channels in Thailand. The breakdown is one of those programs. It is available on modern nine TV at 16:05 pm. Today, Adam suggested “what a relief”.

In Ask Adam section, there is a question about word to explain feeling that without worry after pass a serious time. He suggested “What a relief,That is a relief”. It means ค่อยยังชั่ว/โล่งอก in Thai. If relief changes to relieve, there is voice sound in the end of word. Pronounce and meaning will also change. It will be verb and mean get better. For example, this medicine will relieve your pain. Another phrase that you can use is “That is more like it”. It from previous sentence means appropriate and good with that events.

To sum up, the feeling about relaxing more than the past is “what a relief or that’s a relief” After, you depressed about something and you can pass; you should this sentence.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning
relief (n.)	/rɪˈliːf/	บรรเทา Ex. The kiss-and-tell tale gave the nation some light relief from page after page of war coverage.

Reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hILSxkHqEc

You can’t translate phrases directly in English. Despite, it is difficult to understand; you can gradually learn from various knowledge resources to know store of word and phrase in English. Because, ability in other languages were lead several chances into your life.

Week 14: Listening - Harsh

Harsh

Adam Bradshaw is the famous foreigner teacher. His TV programs are in many channels in Thailand. The breakdown is one of those programs. It is available on modern nine TV at 16:05 pm. Today, Adam suggested about word that explain feeling that are unpleasantly rough.

In Ask Adam section, there is a question about word to explain feeling that unpleasantly rough. He suggested harsh. You can say “it was harsh!” or “that was so harsh!” Another word that be alike harsh is rude, but it is not same. If you want to say something what are satirical, you can say rude. But that make you feel bad, you should say harsh. Likewise, word that makes you feels very hurt; it should be brutal. For example, “that was so brutal. You should not have said that”. There are really have many words that you can use for uncompromising forthright person including, straightforward, frank, direct and blunt (use most).

To sum up, you can use “it was harsh!” when you think the word are jar to the senses. Moreover, "what are satirical" is a sentence that are more severe. Brutal is a one word to describes when you feel sad after listen to it. In similar word for explain directly speeches are straight,forward, frank,direct and blunt.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning
harsh (adj.)	/hɑːʃ/	แรง Ex. I didn't mean to sound so harsh.
straightforward (adj.)	/streɪtˈfɔːwəd/	ตรงไปตรงมา Ex. Straightforward affair, but there are a few things you have to stick to.
frank (adj.)	/fraŋk/	เปิดเผย Ex. Benjamin Friedman is disarmingly frank about some of the further consequences.
blunt (adj.)	/blʌnt/	พูดขวานผ่าซาก Ex. I myself have, before becoming employed by this company, twice spoken bluntly to the people at the top.

Reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeC3CB9Q1-Y&feature=youtu.be

The similar words for explain people are a lot. Each word is different using. So, you should watch out to speak and know words deeply. Thus, you will be the good English speaker that can use inappropriate language.