School General Information and Academic Administration

1.1  School Profile

School District  2  Nong Bua located at  174  Moo  12  road T. Robvieng Nong Muang Chiang Rai. Department of Education Chiang Rai Municipality Department of Local Administration Ministry of Interior   57000   Tel . 0-5371-1969  Fax 0-5360-0898. Teaching and learning from kindergarten level 1 to grade 6.

Chiang Rai Municipality School 2 

Nong Bua Municipal School, formerly known as "Ban Nong Bua Ban Local School", was established in 1930 by Wat Pho Chet Wan (Phra Non). Until 1937, the people donated their property to the budget from the Ministry of Education. To build a school building in the north of Wat Chetwan. The current location in the area of 7 rai 2 ngan 29 square wah budget 800 baht and has been improved continuously.   Currently school district 2 Nong Bua has five buildings, one building director.

A.    School Symbol

Symbol of Chiang Rai Municipality School 2 

1.      The symbol of the Buddha

2.      Stamped on a pedestal. Both hands are on the thighs, both left and right, which means the local love and glory to King Mengrai.

3.      Genesis King of Chiang Rai created prosperity in the region of Lanna  

4.      Golden Globes mean knowledge and prosperity in education.

5.      Lotus blossom means lotus 4 that is out of the water When the sun suddenly blossomed. The wise are wise.

6.      As a righteous When you listen to the Dharma, you can know. And understand quickly.

7.      Under the lotus has a Buddhist proverbs

8.      At the bottom there school name and affiliation bowed by the bow.

B.     Color of School

1.      Red  means sacrifice, strength, endurance, courage.

2.      Black  refers to stability, dedication to society.

C.     Vision, Mission and Identity of School

Vision:

Participatory Education Management To the national education standard The students are happy with morality. Environmental protection Local Wisdom The philosophy of sufficiency economy.

Mission:

1.      Promote the standardized education process. Engaging

2.      Promote and develop learners with desirable characteristics.

3.      Promotion and development of educational personnel.

4.      Promote  ethics, protect the environment. The only economic solution.

5.      Promote the conservation of tradition, culture and local wisdom.

Identity:

Promote learning Join in the culture of local wisdom

1.2  Academic Support System

This school has complete facilities in academic support systems especially in the learning process in the classroom. Each class has a table and chairs in good condition, a television, fan, air conditioner, visualizer, microphone, whiteboard and speaker.

Sound Lab Classroom

5/1 Classroom

Television, Whiteboard, Microphone

Visualizer

1.3  Teaching System

Learning start from Monday to Friday. Every morning before starting learning, students attend the ceremony at 08.00 a.m. At the ceremony, students raised the Thai flag, sang the Thai national anthem and prayed together. After the ceremony, students must drink milk before entering the class. So, learning starts at 08.30 a.m until 3.50 p.m. and lunch time at 11.50 a.m to 01.00 p.m. each learning has a duration of 50 minutes.

1.4  Materials and Learning Sources

Based on the results of the interview with my mentor, Ms. Kanokwan who is an English teacher in grade 5 and 6, she said that the learning resources used in learning in this school are Student english book.

Students English book and Workbook

1.5  Measurement and Evaluation System

Student evaluation was taken in two ways, there are student worksheets/workbooks and the final test with the presentation of grades is a student worksheet/workbook of 80% and a final exam of 20%. 

1.6  Curriculum

Chiang Rai municipality school was located in northern Thailand in Chiang Rai province. English learning at this school focuses on speaking and listening skills. Because Chiang Rai province is a tourist area, so the school prepared the students to have skills to communicate with foreign tourists to introduce Thai culture to them. The following is a curriculum for English language lessons at this school:

The learning area for foreign languages is aimed at enabling learners to acquire a favourable attitude towards foreign languages, the ability to use foreign languages for communicating in various situations, seeking knowledge, engaging in a livelihood and pursuing further education at higher levels. Learners will thus have knowledge and understanding of stories and cultural diversity of the world community, and will be able to creatively convey Thai concepts and culture to the global society. The main contents include:

·       Language for Communication: use of foreign languages for listening, speaking, reading and writing, exchanging data and information, expressing feelings and opinions, interpreting, presenting data, concepts and views on various matters, and creating interpersonal relationships appropriately

·       Language and Culture: use of foreign languages harmonious with culture of native speakers; relationships, similarities and differences between languages and cultures of native speakers; languages and cultures of native speakers and Thai culture; and appropriate application

·       Language and Relationship with Other Learning Areas: use of foreign languages to link knowledge with other learning areas, forming the basis for further development, seeking knowledge and broadening learners’ world views

·       Language and relationship with Community and the World:  use of foreign languages in various situations, both in the classroom and the outside community and the global society, forming a basic tool for further education, livelihood and exchange of learning with the global society

Learners’ Quality

Grade 3 graduates

·       Act in compliance with the orders and requests heard; pronounce the alphabet, words, groups of words, simple sentences and simple chants by observing the principles of pronunciation; accurately tell the meanings of the word and groups of words heard; answer questions from listening to or reading sentences, dialogues or simple tales

·       Engage in interpersonal communication using short and simple words by following the models heard; use simple orders and requests; tell their needs in simple words; request and give data about themselves and their friends; tell their own feelings about various objects around them or various activities by following the models heard

·       Verbally provide data about themselves and matters around them; categorise words according to the types of persons, animals and objects about which they have heard or read

·       Speak and make accompanying gestures by observing social manners/culture of native speakers; tell the names and simple terms about festivals/important days/celebrations and lifestyles of native speakers; participate in language and cultural activities suitable to their age levels

·       Tell differences concerning sounds of the alphabet, words, groups of words and simple sentences in foreign languages and those in Thai language

·       Tell the terms related to other learning areas

·       Listen/speak in simple situations in the classroom

·       Use foreign languages to collect relevant terms around them

·       Are skilful in using foreign languages (with emphasis on listening and speaking) to communicate about themselves, their families, schools, the surrounding environment, foods, beverages and free time and recreation with a vocabulary of around 300-450 words (concrete words)

·       Use one-word sentences and simple sentences in conversations as required for situations in daily life 

Grade 6 graduates       

·       Act in compliance with the orders, requests and instructions that they have heard and read; accurately read aloud sentences, texts, tales and short verses by observing the principles of reading; choose/specify the sentences and text corresponding to the meanings of symbols or signs read; tell the main idea and answer questions after listening to and reading dialogues, simple tales and stories

·       Speak/write in an exchange in interpersonal communication; use orders and requests and give instructions; speak/write to express needs; ask for help; accept and refuse to give help in simple situations; speak and write to ask for and give data about themselves, friends, families and matters around them; speak/write to express their feelings about various matters and activities around them, as well as provide brief justifications

·       Speak/write to give data about themselves, friends and the surrounding environment; draw pictures, plans, charts and tables to show the various data that they have heard and read; speak/write to show opinions about various matters around them

·       Use words, tone of voice, gestures and manners politely and appropriately by observing social manners and culture of native speakers; give data about the festivals/important days/celebrations/lifestyles of native speakers; participate in language and cultural activities in accordance with their interests

·       Tell similarities/differences between the pronunciation of various kinds of sentences, use of punctuation marks and word order regarding structures of sentences in foreign languages and in Thai language; compare the similarities/differences between the festivals, celebrations and traditions of native speakers and those of Thais

·       Search for and collect the terms related to other learning areas from learning sources and present them through speaking/writing

·       Use languages to communicate various situations in the classroom and in school

·       Use foreign languages in searching for and collecting various data

·       Are skilful in using foreign languages (with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing) to communicate about themselves, their families, schools, the environment, foods, beverages, free time and recreation, health and welfare, selling and buying, and climate with vocabulary of around 1,050-1,200 words (concrete and abstract words)

·       Use simple and compound sentences to communicate meanings in various contexts.

1.7  Teaching Plan (of your major)

I will teach three material, there are: the five senses, the future, and the seasons. For grade 5/1, 5/2 and 5/3 students. So that I teach a total of nine times. In the five senses learning I will make students to play games guessing an object by utilizing the function of five senses. In the future learning I will ask students to draw the future they want, then tell students to play games to guess the objects that have been drawn by students in turn. In the seasons learning, I will use make a match model, which is asking students to look for a partner based on the question card and the answer card that has been distributed. Students must find the right partner.