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Thai Cultural Orientation
for Foreign Teachers (as required by the Phuket Provincial Education Board) Including S.E.Asia and Asia in general. Language, Traditions and custom, Religion and Society.

 

The course includes an overview of the English language, grammar and parts of speech with an emphasis on form, function, and phonology. Language structure and usage are examined relative to foreign learners. This includes a detailed look at Thai language structure and anticipated learning problems for Thai students. Teacher trainees learn to estimate teaching time and how to sequence logical teaching lessons. Different types of lessons are studied: structural, functional and skills lessons-with emphasis on their effectiveness and contribution to a balanced syllabus. An overall study of teaching skills explores listening, comprehension, pronunciation, communication, reading, and writing.

Language Analysis (30%)

Teaching Methodology (35%)

The course gives trainees a chance to make practical use of their theoretical knowledge. Teaching practice takes place in the classroom and with learners of various levels outside the classroom itself. Trainees present different types of lessons as monitored practice within the classroom. Trainees learn how to critique their own as well as other people's lessons, with emphasis on team building and positive feedback. By the third week of the six-week course, trainees are ready to begin a 'teaching internship' with actual Thai learners outside of the TEFL classroom. The opportunity to lead six to twelve hours of actual classroom time is an invaluable part of the 'learning to teach' process.

Through demonstration, a hands-on approach to teaching is emphasized. Techniques learned include giving instructions, eliciting, modeling, highlighting, checking, correcting, whiteboard use, voice projection and manner. Trainees learn classroom control and addressing special-needs students-as well as how to evaluate materials specific to the learners' language needs, and cultural awareness with Thai and foreign learners. Trainees learn how to use course books effectively, appropriate uses for communication activities (games, music, role plays), how to test, and devise successful lessons and curriculum.

Our School is licensed by the Ministry of Education (Phuket Education Office). A cultural project by the Ministry now allows for a year's Educational Visa. This can then be extended. NO MORE VISA RUNS! Thai Cultural Orientation for Foreign Teachers (as required by the Phuket Provincial Education Board) Including S.E.Asia and Asia in general. Language, Traditions and custom, Religion and Society. Simply register for our 120/200 hour Thai Language Course. You have a choice of morning or evening classes. Study twice a week, for two hours per session.

 

EDUCATION VISA

  • Class management

  • Communicative skills and fluency

  • Development

  • Drama techniques/story telling

  • Drills and dialogues

  • Error analysis and correction

  • Icebreakers/fillers

  • Job placement support, ongoing

  • Lesson planning

  • Listening comprehension

  • Potential Thai teaching-learning issues Accent skills (English/American)

  • Reading comprehension

  • Specialized language teaching: young learners, business English, etc.

  • Staging a lesson: presentation/practice/production

  • Teaching functions

  • Teaching lexis

  • Teaching pronunciation

  • Teaching structures

  • Visual aids/props/realia

Teaching Practice and Critique (35%)
Methodology and Teaching Practice includes

Teaching English as Foreign Language

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