Teaching Plan

1.1  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.

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.

1.2  Teaching Plan Related to 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. I will 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.