Thai teachers  most definitely get angry if a student, with a better grasp of the English language ,should dare to correct their ThInglish

On 11/1/2021 at 11:19 AM, wolf81 said:

But this niece (7 year old) is apparently having trouble doing basic calculations, e.g. 8 + 4 = 12.

My 10yo son just asks Google ........

"Hey Google, what is eight plus four?"

And Google tells him the correct answer.

On 11/4/2021 at 1:30 PM, DavisH said:

Do you understand? "yes teacher". But actually many of them don't, and they don't like to ask. Good teachers should never ask that question. 

Not exactly.  A good teacher can ask that question, they just shouldn't necessarily take the students word for it.

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Not exactly.  A good teacher can ask that question, they just shouldn't necessarily take the students word for it.

Aside from this, the Thai student has been historically ingrained [generally speaking] not to ask if they're not to sure about this and that. Largely stems from a societal extension....plus, the systems are not in place for the teachers to encourage the respective students to inquire if they happen to have difficulties here and there.