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ALREADY 40 per cent of Thailand 's annual income is derived directly or indirectly from tourism and services related to it. To be able to offer qualified and attractive services and experiences, it is essential for Thai people to be able to communicate fluently in a foreign language . http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Motivating-kids-to-learn-English-is-vital-for-the--30235183.html Ajarn Donald's Response: This case study is very well prepared and I personally like to say thank you to Professor Jyrki Loima and Ajarn Jutarat Vibulphol for taking the time to conduct this case study and sharing the results in a post (link above). Next I would like to say that with my 13-years experience having taught more than 6,500 people English in Thailand in ages 4-60 years old but most were secondary students (teenagers M/1-M/6 = 7th graders-12th graders) that I fully agree with these results. How can we get the parents, students, teachers and schools to come together and...

Image via CrunchBase The Benefits Of English Attack! For Your Learners English Attack! was created to address the problem of insufficient exposure to real English by most English language learners . It does this by providing an entertaining, immersive, autonomous and motivational online learning and practice resource which is complementary to, not in competition with, classroom and course-based lessons.  TEACHER & SCHOOL ADVANTAGES Class time is precious time, and there never seems to be enough of it. In part, that’s because too much class time is taken up by tasks designed to provide initial exposure to input, such as reading a text or viewing a video. English Attack! allows some of this time to be shifted to the time in between classes, in the learner’s own time, at home, in the library, or in the language lab. This allows classroom time to be focused on those tasks requiring interactive, in-person teacher direction or supervision, such group work and ...

FREE Video Booster Of The Week 4-10 March 2013                         About Video Boosters Video Boosters are video-based interactive English language learning units that help you reinforce your vocabulary; oral and written comprehension; grammar and usage skills in just 15 minutes. Each is based on a short (one to three-minute) authentic-language video drawn from a wide range of current sources , such as blockbuster movies; hit TV series ; chart-topping music videos ; reports from global television news channels ; documentaries; how-to videos; and lectures by opinion leaders. There then follows a sequence of five interactive exercises dedicated to comprehension, vocabulary use, listening skills, and grammar usage. Each video is preceded by a snapshot of the vocabulary which will be encountered (from six to eight items) and a summary of the video. Learners can then view t...