Education Thailand Project #5999

Help Train Teachers in Thailand

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | May 15, 2014
Thailand Teacher Training Final Report

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operatons, Charitable Trust

Dear Supporter,

We are delighted to announce that thanks to funding from GlobalGiving's amazing donors, we have full funded the need for this project in the areas we work!

GVI have been putting skills and knowledge into the hands of the communities of the Ao Luk and Takuapa Districts, Thailand for nearly 7 years. This has been achieved by providing free English classes and volunteer teachers for Primary and Secondary schools, non-formal education centres and community based organisations. To expand on this work, we have led several successful workshops for local teachers, training them in the techniques we use to teach English. This enables us to ensure the work we are doing is sustainable and is illustrated by the successful completion of our objectives in Ao Luk with former students becoming teachers and leading free English classes themselves.

In 2012, GVI moved to the Takuapa District to support English language education in a new location. During 2012, the ASEAN Economic Community, which uses English as it’s official working language, declared 2012 as ‘The Year of English Speaking.’ As a member country, Thailand is therefore in need of developing the overall level of English of the populous. English language ability, particularly in more disadvantaged communities, remains low. The tourism sector is one of the largest industries in Southern Thailand and as English is one of the most widely spoken languages, it is essential that Thai communities have a good working knowledge of English in order to reap the economic benefits.

Over the course of the past 3 years, we have successfully trained over 50 teachers from over 35 schools in the Takuapa and Ao Luk districts in Southern Thailand. The teachers who participated in the workshop now feel more confident to use different teaching techniques in their English language lessons, which in turn will enable them to teach more effectively. This will ultimately contribute to higher levels of English language abilities in the communities we work with. It is only with the generous funding support of our donors that has enabled us to achieve this success!

Thank you for supporting this project. Please check out some of GVI Charitable Trust's other initiative!

All the best

GVI Thailand

Links:

http://www.gvi.org

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Non Formal Education Centre in Takuapa

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations, Charitable Trust

Dec 11, 2013
TEFOLympics

By Sophie Birkett | Charitable Trust manager

Dear Supporters,

Although the TEFL course can seem challenging and intense, there are some pretty cool activities that help take the edge off and provide healthy competition for all the TEFLers. It may be considered to be a great way of learning as well as a laugh.

The Tefolympics was the latest event that hit the GVI team. There were three participating countries: The Empire of Flying Lanterns, The Dunces, and Swerica, competed to be crowned the champions of the TEFL course. It was definitely an intense battle, starting off with rounds of Pictionary. It wasn’t all about fun and games, there were some serious teaching abilities portrayed in all of the games. Points were obviously scored for clarity of instructions, the effectiveness of the game itself and the attitudes of the country’s competitors.

Don’t go thinking that it was all a breeze though. It is always challenging to come up with inventive ways to execute an activity, and even harder when you are against the clock. Five minutes was all they had to come up with their ingenious plans to go for that gold medal at the end. Talk about pressure! The tasks that were set became harder and harder to plan as the games reached their final rounds. More and more resources were being used and less and less sufficient time was being given.

Sweat began to form as the TEFLers eagerly awaited the final results. The room was tense and we leaned forward with baited breaths as the two judges took to the floor. The Bronze went to the Dunces; it was between The Empire of Flying Lanterns and Swerica. The look of those two gold medals was too tantalizing. Seconds ticked but it felt like forever before finally, the winners were called: Swerica!

Thank you for supporting the development of teachers in Thailand

Grace Mathers - TEFL Intern

Links:

http://www.gvi.org

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