| Case 1
Good Thai but English is poor
Name :Ms.Chanya Maneechai (Baifern)
Age : 6 years 10 months
Thai language skill before studying in Bilingual education : Good
English skills before studying in Bilingual education : Poor
Personal Character :
Talkative, enthusiastic , and relates well with ohers
Mother language:
As the parents are Thai, they communicate in Thai
Communication skills in classroom:
In the beginning, the student spoke Thai to foreign teachers or used as practiced by Thai teachers.
Instructional Media using in language improvement:
The student practices the pronunciation and vocabularies by watching the subtitled English movies after school while waiting for parents.
Period of Time: 1 year 6 months
English communication skills at present:
at a good level.
Case 2 Good English but Thai is poor.
Name :Master Kenness Kloton Peets (KC)
Age : 5 years 11 months
Thai language skill before studying in Bilingual education: Poor
English skill before studying in Bilingual education: Good
Personal Character :
The student was only interested in English activities in the classroom but tried to speak some words of Thai when needed.
Mother language:
Before, the parents communicated with him in English and after coming to school, his mother started to speak Thai to him more often.
Communication skills in classroom:
The student mostly communicated in English but used some Thai words when asking for assistance, however, those words were not grammatically correct. Thus, Thai teachers corrected those sentences and taught new vocabularies.
Instructional Media using in language improvement:
Books, pictures, word cards and activities in Thai language
Period of Time: 1 year
English communication skills at present:
Very good communication in Thai with only few English words in his sentences.
Case3 Good in both English and Thai
Name :Master Waris Atsawarahaphan (Jo)
Age : 3 years 10 months
Thai language skill before studying in Bilingual education: Good
English skill before studying in Bilingual education: Good
Personal Character:
Talkative and self-confident
Mother language:
English and Thai, both parents are Thai but the student often travels abroad with them.
Communication skills in classroom:
The student communicates in both Thai and English with the teachers in most activities such as games, arts and science experiments.
Instructional Media using in language improvement:
Stories, pictures, word cards, songs and CD/VCD
Period of Time: 4 months
English communication skills at present:
Excellent interpersonal skill and communication in both English and Thai.
Case 4 Poor in both English and Thai
Name :Master Seedatch Gost (Soonu)
Age : 3 years 9 months
Thai language skill before studying in Bilingual education: Poor
English skill before studying in Bilingual education: Poor
Personal Character :
Good relationships with others, the student played and spoke with friends by imitating them.
Mother language :
Indian as he has Indian parents.
Communication skills in classroom:
Thai teachers teach Thai language foundation and grammar by using easy and simple words and ask him to repeat after, or ask more questions to practice how to answer.
Instructional Media using in language improvement:
Stories, pictures, word cards, songs and types of CD/VCD in English and Thai
Period of Time: 4 months
English communication skills at present:
He can communicate and understand both Thai and English intermediately and he also has shown much improvement in accent and pronunciation of both languages. |