I have just started teaching in a school outside of Phitsanulok and have four classes of different levles of Prathom 4 students who barely know English. They know the alphabet and a few small words, but they can't even write their names in English! Today was my first day and they didn't understand any of my directions. Has anyone ever encountered this? I don't know how I'm going to teach them, besides learning more Thai, which I plan to do, but that will take time of course. Does anyone have teaching ideas for students like this? I would greatly appreciate any advice. You can email me directly if you'd like, at
angiem313@hotmail.com