January 20, 2019 (Sunday)
Today, we ate breakfast in Dr. Buncha’s house. After eating, we prepared ourselves for our SUKHOTHAI TRIP. We packed our bags and put them in Dr. Buncha’s car. We took some photos before leaving and said goodbye to Ma’am King. Our travel to Sukhothai was about an hour. It was quite long so we had the time chitchatting and telling some stories together. Dr. Buncha told us that Sukhothai was the capital city of Thailand before Bangkok. So, I was so excited to go there since I knew that the place was really historical.
We went to Sukhothai Historical Park. Dr. Buncha rented bikes for us because it would be so difficult to roam around the place in an hour. I got the pink bike and I loved it! I put my wallet and bottled water in a plastic bag and started biking. We took some photos of the Buddha statues there. We also met some foreigners who went there to have some fun. It was really a good place to visit because it was so big and full of historical sayings and postings.
After going to Sukhothai Historical Park, Dr. Buncha treat us lunch in a noodle shop in Sukhothai. I, Dr. Buncha and Eric ordered pork noodles and Amin and Aye ordered seafood noodles. The noodles we ordered were so delicious and satisfying. However, it was quite spicy for me so I had a hard time eating it.
After eating lunch, we went to Pibulsongkram Rajabahat University- Faculty of Education. We went to their museum and took some photos there. It was so beautiful and the paintings were so good. Then, we waited for Dr. Buncha. After all of the activities that we had for this day, Dr. Buncha sent us back to Teeratada. Then, there was Teacher Lek waiting for me.
January 21, 2019 (Monday)
Today, we didn’t have so much activity. This day was just like the other days. I checked some English for life workbooks and then spent our time inside the office.
January 22, 2019 (Tuesday)
Today was just an ordinary day. I spent my time inside the office and prepare for my topics. I made a lesson plan for teaching and also thought of some activities that I would do for my students. Then, after planning, I communicated my lesson plan with Teacher Adel since she was my mentor. She approved it and gave me some advice to teach the students.
January 23, 2019 (Wednesday)
Today, I continued making my preparations for my teaching. I prepared some worksheets for my students and I also made a PowerPoint Presentation about my topic. I made examples of sentences for every rule of subject- verb agreement and then asked Teacher Adel to check my work. She let me print the worksheets and prepare for other materials that I would be using.
January 24, 2019 (Thursday)
Today, I worked as a teaching assistant to Teacher Adel. She checked the test papers of the students and had an item analysis. In this regard, she would know which item was so difficult for the students. When she already analysed the most difficult items, she tried to teach again the lesson. The focus was on the subject- verb agreement. Some of the students were still confused about the rules so teacher Adel didn’t have a choice but to reteach and made sure that students really understood the lesson.
While she was teaching, she was called in the meeting room to interview a student so she let me continued teaching the students. I wrote some examples on the whiteboard and then explain the rules that applied to the sentences written. The, after 20 minutes, teacher Adel was back for the class.
January 25, 2019 (Friday)
Today, I got a chance to observe Matthayom 3 class. Teacher Adel did the same thing by having the test papers checked and analysing the wrong answers. She retaught some grammar rules which made the students arrived to the correct answer. Then, there was no class the followed and we spent our time inside the office to prepare for the following days.
After the school hours, teacher Adel along with the other Filipino teachers accompanied us to BIG- C. one of the biggest malls in Phitsanulok. We had our dollars exchanged. Then, we went to KFC inside the mall to have our dinner. Then, we went back to Teeratada via Toktok (one of the local transportations in Thailand).
January 26, 2019 (Saturday)
Today, teacher Lek and I went to school. I went to the school dorm to see my SEA Teacher fellows. We went to 7 Eleven for our breakfast and then went back to Teeratada. We prepared for our materials in teaching as well as the teaching plans. At night, we went to the walking street to buy some presents and souvenirs for our friends and Wat Chan Temple to observe and take some photos.
Kru Shena 