Week 13: Writing - Normal Dish

Normal Dish

        Today, it’s on August 31^th, 2013 that is a weekend day. Many people are relaxing at home. Someone is going to travel in lots of places. I chat with Stephane Salaun about his weekend day.

        We’re talking about his weekend day he’s only sleep in short time and eating. In the morning, he has breakfast in Morning market. Eating lunch of Stephane is very early. In the evening, he is going to has dinner at the Khun Ploy restaurant. We are talking about the menu that ho orders. It’s Fried rice with pork and fired egg. He thinks this menu is delicious. I tell him, Fried rice is a normal dish of Thailand. Many people are often to eat Fried rice 2-3 times a week. I think, next time I will cook this for him. He tells, he’s serious about my promise.

        Lastly,  Stephane likes to eat Fried rice with pork and fried egg. I think the dish is normal menu for most Thai people. However, I can refuse that is dish that people ordered the most. I promise him to cook this food for him next time.

Thai food is a famous and delicious menu that many people love. Some normally menu may is a good taste of the other. Let’s proud about our unique country, it’s the land of smile.

Week 13: Writing - After finished observation

After Finished Observation

        Today, it’s on August 30^th, 2013 that I just arrived to NSTRU. It’s the last day to observation in Satree Thungsong school. I decided to back Maung district today because there are a lot work that I haven’t finished.

        When I was arrived room, I’m very tired. But I turned on chat on Facebook. And I chatted with Stephane Salaun a lot. He asked about where is Nakhon Si Thammarat. He never goes to the other place in NST without Thungsong. He hopes one day he will come to there. Moreover, he asked about my dorm and works. He encourages me about room that is not wide now; in the future, I will have better than that. I asked for advises to design lesson plans from him. He told that he didn’t worry about lesson plan. Since when I’m a teacher, it’s normal to design lesson plan and teach students.

        Finally, Sptephane taught me about the nature of teacher. Because, teacher need to do lesson to teach in the class, it’s normal of teacher’s life to do lesson plan. They depend on experience that will teach you to be expert.

Designing lesson plans. is a vital and key to teach. It’s no need to worry about that. One day, you will confident to teach and write lesson plans. They like the daily routines that you do every day.

Week 13: Listening - Did you fart?

Did you fart?

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 “Did you fart?”.

In Ask Adam section, there is question to ask people that they fart or not. He suggested “Did you fart?”. Another word that is gentler than fart is pass gas. You should say “Did you pass gas?”. Moreover, rip one is a word that you can say in informal situation. It is slang word. In phrase, people often say “cut the cheese”. This phrase came from the expire cheese that make bad smell.

To sum up, you can say in many kind of sentence to ask whoever that you think they made bad gas. For example, there are fart, pass gas (gentle), rip one (slang) and cut the cheese (phrase).

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning
fart (v.)	/fɑːt/	ผายลม Ex. The old lady is bound to fart.

Reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTGt0JIsQs

Although, this sentence is an informal word that you can’t speak in public; you usually talk words like this in real life day. So, there’re necessary to learn words or phrases that you need to use in every day. 

Week 13: Listening - Making connections between words

Making connections between words

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 making connections between words.

In Ask Adam section, he talked about reasons for connecting words’ sound. There are three useful to make connections between words; save time, fluid and simplicity. It is not strict to connect. If you did not speak like that, it does not mean you are wrong. For example, I like^it (kit), come^on in (mon), can I have^another one (ve) and Adam^and Sueching^are teaching now.

Finally, it is unnecessary; if you do not want to connect word. But it is better to communicate with easiness and fluency to make connections sound.

Reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgr2hFbVt-w&feature=youtu.be

The important thing to communicate English is speaking well. It doesn’t need to be advance in writing. It’s just can listening and speaking with understanding. You’ll be good at English. The connection sound is one way to improve your skill.

Week 13: Reading - 'More may drown without better swimming lessons'

'More may drown without better swimming lessons'

Swimming is an essential skill that children should have. Many schools in Britain support school to have swimming program in 25m (82ft), the length of a standard pool.

From the research, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) found that half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool. School should focus PE inspections on swimming as "it is the only sport that can save lives". There are 47 people who were age under 19 died from drowning, according to the most recent figures from the National Water Safety Forum. These numbers could increase in future if the current issues with school swimming program are not addressed. The high cost of swimming lessons, the price of transport and lack of time in school day all impacted negatively on school swimming provision.

To sum up, everyone should focus on swimming program because they are skills that can safe children’ lives. Building swimming pool have to be same the standard pool. Children can swim with standard length, too.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning
sidelined (v.)	/ˈsʌɪdlʌɪn/	กีดกัน Ex. Backbench MPs have been sidelined and excluded from decision-making.
provision (n.)	/prəˈvɪʒ(ə)n/	ข้อกำหนด Ex.  The first private prosecution under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act.
statutory (adj.)	/ˈstatjʊt(ə)ri, -tʃʊ-/	ตามกฎหมาย Ex. The statutory Christmas phone call to his mother.
instinctively (adv.)	/ɪnˈakjʊrəsi/	โดยสัญชาตญาณ Ex. At the moment she saw a tall man with a gun standing in the doorway, she instinctively backed away.

Reference:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22615032

This policy is a good standard for children in school. Because there’re several numbers of people who died from drown while swimming. Children are big group that are in of those number. The government should continue this standard in school to practice swimming skill to students.

Week 13: Learning Log - Terminal objective

Terminal objective

In this class, there are presentations about lesson plan of my friends. It’s about 3 people. Each person done very good, but sometimes their lesson plans are not according with the objectives. It makes many problems from objectives. The advise of mr.Anirut make everyone understand to do good lesson plans. There are many advises form mr.Anirut such as teaching techniques, teaching material and the terminal objective.

From advises of mr.Anirut, he suggests teacher should make a class with relax temperature, teach with easy level to difficult level, emphasize in speak influent, no need to strict in grammar and teach with fluidity. Then, teacher should improve different materials to motivate students to play attention. The great media include authentic material, video, song or game. After that, he also guides to design objective to according to teaching process. Because someone write terminal objective to practice in speaking skill but decide student to do the others skills. Hence, the terminal objective is the key that people do wrong teaching process.

In summary, terminal objective is the factor to make lesson plan right or wrong. If teacher teach wrong teaching process from lesson plans, student will not understand the real purpose and do not success in that class. 

Presentation lesson plans of my friends helps to know what is the correctly way that I should do. The error taught me to improve my teaching process to be better. I will try to do my lesson plan as good as I can.

Week 13: Learning Contract

Learning Contract Week 13

Day	Time	Activity
August 26th	21:00	Learning Log - Terminal objective
August 27th	19:00	R-'More may drown without better swimming lessons'
August 28th	18:00	L-Make connections between words
August 29th	21:00	L-Did you fart?
August 30th	21:30	W-After finished observation
August 31th	16:20	W-Normal Dish
September 1th	17:30	R-Crowd Town

Week 12: Speaking - Good Teacher

Good teacher

  

        There is one rule which important for everyone, it is being on time. No one doesn’t wants wait for a long time. Being late besides is not good behavior that people shouldn’t do.

        From observation school, I was talked with Richard Goad. He is foreigner teacher in Satree Thungsong school. I chose to observe his class because he’s responsible teacher and committed to teach. After I ask him to observe his class, he said “fine” immediately. It’s not good that students came to class very late. It’s not good for students and teacher. I talked with him about this problem. He told he already warn them and told to the head of department. It’s just unimportant things. So, he tries to teach only and don’t focus on them. He only checks late or not.

        To sum up, Richard is really dedicate his performance in teaching. Although, students are late and speak together all the times; he still hopes student can get knowledge from his class.

There are many people in community. Each one has different role. They should attempt all of their powers in work. You should not miss your function and make other get depressed. Finally, our society will be better.

Week 12: Speaking - Learning English

Learning English

       In other country, English is a second language that everyone can speck fluency. The population has been taught to speak English well and can communicate with foreigner. It is so different with teaching English in Thailand.

        Today, I speak with Stephane Salaun about Education in Thailand. He’s my friend that I have known him from observation in Satree Thungsong school. Although, Thais student were taught English since there were age 5 to 22, many Thais students still can’t speak English well. They fear to speak despite it’s a simply sentence. Someone often runs away when they meet the foreigner. It’s big problem of Educational organization that it should resolve soon. Stephane said it’s so different between teaching English and France in this school. He can teach students to speak France in shorter time than English class. I told him according with my teacher said “students can’t speak English because teacher started to teach with reading skill, it’s unusual”. We are all hope that Thai students are going to speak well soon with developing of Educational organization.

        Summarize, Stephane told me about other language that Thai students can speak well in short time. It’s so different Teaching English in Thai students that they practice longer time to learn and speak well.

It doesn’t mean Thailand is underdeveloped city. But English skill is a part that the country can go forward. Every section that related with Thai educational should collaborate to cultivate students to be good at English.