Yesterday and today have been very busy as I have either been in the schools or creating an English curriculum. Yesterday, Shawney and I decided to write out a curriculum for both volunteers and local English teachers. When HELP arrived in Thailand, they found that the biggest need for the schools was to teach English. Apparently, the country wants to have all students proficient in the language by 2015, so everybody is begging for teachers. Unfortunately, not everybody that speaks English knows how to teach it, so Shawney and I decided to bridge the gap with thorough lesson plans. We worked all morning yesterday on this and all day today. Let me tell you, this is quite the project we're taking on, but I know that it will be beneficial to the teachers and future volunteers here. (Side note: If you teach, please let me know if you have any good songs, games, dances, etc. for ELL students that are very basic and easy to understand! Any help is appreciated!)
Yesterday afternoon, we went to Fang (I learned how to spell it!) to teach English to the teachers. Nicole and I, again, gave them scenarios for conversation as that's what they really want to learn. They had so much fun role playing and learning how to say various phrases. Afterwards, they asked how often Nicole and I could come back because we were so helpful. I'm telling you what, I could keep myself VERY busy here as English is in high demand!
It also rained a lot today. Afterwards, the air smelled so badly of garlic. That's when I realized that we have a garlic factory literally across the street from our house, which probably explains why I keep seeing pick-up trucks FILLED with garlic cloves (and I mean, like PILED on top... so much so that the garlic is higher than the cab of the truck!). I guess it's safe to say that I can cross vampires on my list of potential predators in Thailand. You can now breathe a sigh of relief, Mom and Dad!
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