English Speaking Children In Lampang

[matcube]

Hi there,

I am moving to Lampang with my two daughters, 3 and 1.5 years old. They both understand (well, the second one not quite yet) and the first one kind of speaks English, but it's not their first language for sure. I would like to have opportunities for them to play with English speaking kids (preferibly only english, because given the chance she would revert to Thai).

Anybody in the area interested?

Matt

[think_too_mut]

Hi there,

I am moving to Lampang with my two daughters, 3 and 1.5 years old. They both understand (well, the second one not quite yet) and the first one kind of speaks English, but it's not their first language for sure. I would like to have opportunities for them to play with English speaking kids (preferibly only english, because given the chance she would revert to Thai).

Anybody in the area interested?

Matt

What they need is what they already have - you.

IMO, others should be seeking your kids' company.

[matcube]

What they need is what they already have - you.

IMO, others should be seeking your kids' company.

It's too long explaining why I would like to do that, plus it's a bit off topic. After all, either you have kids that meet the criteria and you are interested, or you don't, and in that second case I don't see the need for a reply to my message. (nothing offensive is intended in this message of mine, it's hard to convey the emotions in forums and often it gets out of hand without any real reason).

Matt

[matcube]

think_too_mut,

thanks for your question, I can reply to you (maybe later or in another topic, no time now). I didn't want to sound offensive, but it's like (taken to the extreme): you put up a classified that you want to sell your motorcycle. Then you receive a phone call from someone telling you:

"I am calling you about the motorcycle. No, I am not interested in buying it, in fact I wanted to tell you, why do you want to sell a motorcycle, motorcycle are excellent means of transportation ...."

what would your reaction be?

Cheers.

Matt

[The Dan Sai Kid]

think_too_mut,

thanks for your question, I can reply to you (maybe later or in another topic, no time now). I didn't want to sound offensive, but it's like (taken to the extreme): you put up a classified that you want to sell your motorcycle. Then you receive a phone call from someone telling you:

"I am calling you about the motorcycle. No, I am not interested in buying it, in fact I wanted to tell you, why do you want to sell a motorcycle, motorcycle are excellent means of transportation ...."

what would your reaction be?

Cheers.

Matt

He's only trying to give an idea don't crucify the poor guy for that!

[matcube]

He's only trying to give an idea don't crucify the poor guy for that!

Sure, that wasn't my intention. My intention was to "save" the topic in that as soon as we reach page 2 people will only see this side-discussion (of which I am a big part, so my fault too here) and won't even know or be able to read what my initial posting was about. I have seen in many times in forums. So, I will stop adding my part of "junk" in this post and apologize again if anybody misinterpreted my initial reply.

Matt

[think_too_mut]

think_too_mut,

thanks for your question, I can reply to you (maybe later or in another topic, no time now). I didn't want to sound offensive, but it's like (taken to the extreme): you put up a classified that you want to sell your motorcycle. Then you receive a phone call from someone telling you:

"I am calling you about the motorcycle. No, I am not interested in buying it, in fact I wanted to tell you, why do you want to sell a motorcycle, motorcycle are excellent means of transportation ...."

what would your reaction be?

Cheers.

Matt

What are you talking about?

You are an English speaker, your kids too.

What I wanted to say was, if you are moving to a place where people and kids like you are a rarity, the environment should recognize your (and your kids) presence as an asset. Not you asking for a company, they should (and probably would) approach you.

Or you know little about where you are?

[too true]

On a bit more helpful note, why not try getting in touch with the international school in Lampang? It's called Nawattaphum, or something along those lines. There are mixed kids there, and they've got a kindergarten so they'll have kids around the same age as yours. If you can't find the phone number in Lampang you can do a google search and it'll come up.

Having young kids, I tend to agree with the OP that kids need more than just one native English speaking parent to become fluent. They also need to socialise in English with kids their own age and learn the English language patterns that are used during play time.

Cheers,

TT

[matcube]

On a bit more helpful note, why not try getting in touch with the international school in Lampang? It's called Nawattaphum, or something along those lines. [...]

Thanks, yes, that's the plan, at least for the oldest one (for the moment). I kind of know the school (not personally). As a side question, since you bring it up, anybody has experience with it? My kid was enrolled in an English nursery school in BKK and got some English out of it, but with most of the kids thai-speaking and all assistants thai with a limited English vocabulary and pronunciation, she didn't get as much as I expected (well, let's say as much as I expected, not as much as I had hoped). For Lampang, my hopes/expectations are much lower).

matt