So when I’m not out and about on the motorbike, or in the gym, I’m still teaching, ably assisted by Somboon. And still loving it.
The best lessons, for both us and the Kids are when they convince me to ‘Play a game’.
Although I need to get them through the stuff in their course books, I am well aware that a lot of it is quite advanced for them and getting outside for a fun learning session is a good way to keep them loving it to.
The find the picture game is a great mainstay as it can be modified every time.
First times we did it the children just had to match the word to the picture. But then we have progressed through ‘it is a/an’, ‘they are’, and other variables.
On Wednesday in the first round they had to find the right picture and then bring it back and say…’it is a/an…….’ , or ‘they are…..’ ;
and then for a second point they had to tell me something about the item in the photo, i.e, ‘it is green’.
Second round , or the extra point they had to tell me what you could do with the item;
i.e..’it is a chair, you can sit on it’.
I’m very proud of all the children for joining in as well as they do.
Thai children can be very shy about doing something they find difficult in front of their friends. That well known ‘loosing face’ thing in Asian culture is deep seated.
I always try to do my best to let them know that it does not matter if they make a mistake, that the thing is to try and then, if their grammar is a little astray, I will tell them the correct version so they say it right in the end anyway and get used to using the language.
In this game the boys team were running way ahead of the girls and I had to use some poetic license with the rules to allow the girls to pull back some points. There were lots of good spirited comments from the boys about how Khruu John was cheating, but they still won the game.
Kids! I know I get grumpy when you don’t listen, but overall I’m very proud of you all for how hard you try, most of the time. Keep it up:)
Yesterday was another good afternoon with good efforts from the kids.
In the evening we popped into Makro, yes that’s here to, so Boon could restock on meat for his weight adding ambitions, whilst I picked up some vegetables and fruit juice for my continued weight loss and health kick efforts.
Saw our friend Mark there, and this afternoon we are going off to see if we can find his house, which we’ve yet to visit.
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