webfact Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 PM briefed on English language project for vocational education By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin led a team to meet Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House on Tuesday to promote a project involving the development of English-language learning materials for the country’s vocational education system. The project comprises two parts: the Echo VE smart-phone application, and the Vocational English Camp. The Echo VE app, compatible with both the Android and iOS systems, has been developed by the Office of Vocational Education Commission and the private sector, based on the Education Ministry's similar English-learning app – Echo English – in order to provide more than 130 English language lessons for career fields covered by vocational education. The Vocational English Camp will provide intensive English-language training to 10 batches of vocational teachers and personnel, with 200 participants per batch. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30323195 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over it Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 According to him, the Thai language is going to be the international language... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Lost count of the amount of 'projects', 'plans', etc that have never got started or have been abandoned when it comes to learning English. Has to be admitted that they are not really that interested as a Nation and any individuals that are make their own arrangements to learn properly well away from the Education system....which is c**p at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker58 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Step 1. Stop calling it 'Ang-Grit' and start saying 'English'. Not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 7 hours ago, webfact said: provide intensive English-language training Weren't native born English teachers going to be replaced by Thai English teachers? A foreign contractor was hired to improve the proficiency of selected Thai English teachers so that they would be come the primary trainers for Thai teachers who would teach English. This should mean that the Vocational English Camp will have no native English teachers. Only Thainess English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 3 hours ago, trainman34014 said: Lost count of the amount of 'projects', 'plans', etc that have never got started or have been abandoned when it comes to learning English. Has to be admitted that they are not really that interested as a Nation and any individuals that are make their own arrangements to learn properly well away from the Education system....which is c**p at best. The education systems need some very deep tweaking and open progressive mindsets. Don't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowny77 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I was working in a vocational college but they wanted to be cheap charlies and now have teachers from Bhutan and Flips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Stoker58 said: Step 1. Stop calling it 'Ang-Grit' and start saying 'English'. Not holding my breath. speaaa inlit yes no speaa angrit sir 555555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 A post of an incomprehensible nature has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasalBanality Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 13 hours ago, over it said: According to him, the Thai language is going to be the international language... Perhaps when the sun rises from the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 And the conversation was all in Thai with no qualified foreigners invited for that meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Based on the toys on the floor it looks more like recess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 13 hours ago, zzaa09 said: The education systems need some very deep tweaking and open progressive mindsets. Don't hold your breath. Tweaking ? I would say Hacking was what is needed. As for ''Open progressive mindsets''; well, don't think they exist in a Parallel Universe such as this place ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 This should do ok i think Thai students love mobile phones so this can take the phones Place Should be interesting camp when Thai teachers try to learn English and then teach other Thai teachers They would be better off getting on the grog and having a good time because it will be a complete waste of time Those select teachers will never learn proper Ang-grit. poor Thailand you are part of Asean but you will always be the laughing stock of Asean lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) "PM Prayut briefed on English language project for vocational education ." In which language was he briefed? I thought so. Which begs the question: Who is going to develop, implement and teach the program? Thailand has an old tradition: If something is said, that's enough for it to be considered accomplished. Edited August 9, 2017 by jaltsc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 13 hours ago, chowny77 said: I was working in a vocational college but they wanted to be cheap charlies and now have teachers from Bhutan and Flips. Yes I was aware of that from my ex Thai gf who was an English teacher at a vocational school. She told me the directors and senior staff get a nice kick-back from the employment agencies for taking on these people. These teachers, particularly the Fips, teach that bastardised American form of English. And someone wrote here some time back that the Fips English teachers are the leftovers after the call centres take first pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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