Our Thai class is a fun part of the day that we look forward to all the time and I would gladly recommend it to anybody who asks for a good place to rian phaa-saa Thai (study the Thai language). After about a month in Thailand, my mom decided that to get a full high-school credit, I needed to have more instruction in the Thai language than I was having at that point in time. My mom started asking around, and doing some research. We finally decided to go through Thai Language Solutions for multiple reasons; the most important was its short distance from our apartment. We go to school every day of the week, but we have different teacher’s different days of the week.
Our Monday/Wednesday/Friday teacher name is Ao (the one on the top), pronounced oh, and our Tuesday/Thursday teacher name is Jang (the one on the bottom). Our teachers differ in teaching methods, interests, and physical stature. Ao is a sterner teacher, but she still knows how to have fun. She usually teaches from the book, and requires more “paper” work. She prefers watching movies, sleeping, and going to her boyfriend’s farm. She is typical Thai height and dark skinned. Jang is our teacher who reads, has a Face book, likes shopping, and is embarrassed about the subject of having any affiliation with a boyfriend. She is much less strict, resulting in not as much work accomplished in a class. She prefers conversation and the whiteboard to actual homework. She is much taller and lighter skinned than the average Thai. Both of the teachers know English, but there have been some times that we have edited papers for them or taught them some English.
One of the funniest stories in Thai class comes from both of the teachers. We walked in to our class one day, and Ao said we were going to learn about simple question structure. She said that a popular question in Thai is do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend (same word). She said we should try it on the other teachers present at the school. We tried our newly learned Thai skills on Jang, and she turned a very bright red, said no, and wouldn’t talk to us for the rest of the day. That day, Ao printed of a picture of a Taiwanese singer, Wan Leehom. She said if Jang had a boyfriend, this would be it. Noah and I showed the picture to Jang the next time we saw her, and it has been a topic of great humor for us and great “distress” for Jang.
Our Monday/Wednesday/Friday teacher name is Ao (the one on the top), pronounced oh, and our Tuesday/Thursday teacher name is Jang (the one on the bottom). Our teachers differ in teaching methods, interests, and physical stature. Ao is a sterner teacher, but she still knows how to have fun. She usually teaches from the book, and requires more “paper” work. She prefers watching movies, sleeping, and going to her boyfriend’s farm. She is typical Thai height and dark skinned. Jang is our teacher who reads, has a Face book, likes shopping, and is embarrassed about the subject of having any affiliation with a boyfriend. She is much less strict, resulting in not as much work accomplished in a class. She prefers conversation and the whiteboard to actual homework. She is much taller and lighter skinned than the average Thai. Both of the teachers know English, but there have been some times that we have edited papers for them or taught them some English.
One of the funniest stories in Thai class comes from both of the teachers. We walked in to our class one day, and Ao said we were going to learn about simple question structure. She said that a popular question in Thai is do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend (same word). She said we should try it on the other teachers present at the school. We tried our newly learned Thai skills on Jang, and she turned a very bright red, said no, and wouldn’t talk to us for the rest of the day. That day, Ao printed of a picture of a Taiwanese singer, Wan Leehom. She said if Jang had a boyfriend, this would be it. Noah and I showed the picture to Jang the next time we saw her, and it has been a topic of great humor for us and great “distress” for Jang.
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