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Originally Posted by keegan
angie. not in any teaching manuals, but kill 2 birds with one stone. i was in your position. kids with very little english and me with no thai. learn how to say "nee arai"(what's this) the kids tell you.
eg: nee arai? ss: nahlika. (watch)
the kids love to hear you trying to speak thai, and you are increasing their vocab. in a short time they can use short sentences. ja pai hong nam. (go to the toilet)
you pick up the language, they pick up some english, builds rapport, eveyone wins.
not in any teaching books, but for beginners, results that, for me anyway, were pretty quick and pretty obvious.
as the term goes on, you'll find less thai being spoken, and what is said, you have an idea of what it is.
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I was told very firmly NO Thai in the classroom. When I was taken to be introduced to the Director in my second week, he said 'If you speak Thai in the classroom, you have to go home'. Then he said it was a joke, but I don't think it was.
I was spoken to after my first week because I'd used some limited Thai to the new M1's cos they did not understand when I told them to write in their books what I'd put on the board. I think I just said something like 'Kian samoot' but it was shoved in my face shortly afterwards.