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My G.11 class was slightly better. I got them to write guidelines for foreigners to follow when visiting places in Thailand. Some students wrote about Pattaya, others Bangkok and some Ubon Ratchathani. They wrote about what foreigners should wear, how they should act and what they mustn\u2019t do to avoid causing offence. This worked well as they understood it and most of the class wrote down a few sentences and I even got to check a few books before the lesson ended. It was also a good was to practice using the modal verbs that I had taught them in the previous lesson.<\/p>\n
My last lesson, with G.10 was definitely well planned. It was because it was the students\u2019 last lesson of the day they were tired and uninterested. But I did get most of the class to write a few sentences. But beyond that the majority of the class did not take part at all. They are the only class I have tomorrow, so I\u2019m hoping that they are more receptive in the morning. But I\u2019m definitely going to adjust the plan I have for that lesson. If I do more learning games then they may be more willing to take part with the following activity or even the lesson on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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