In teaching my Matthayom Classes, I always start the class a motivational activity. Some of the activtities I used was Word Search, The Boat is Sinking Game, Pair It up Game, and Fireball. The students loved the The Boat Is Sinking Game.
Afterwards, I proceeded to the lesson proper. I always posed questions and tried my very best to let my students understand me. I provided translations of my lesson with the help of my student buddies, Nua, Bam, and Noon. In solving, at first I used English, but after observing that some students cannot understand me, I switched in using some Thai language.
I used the Thai language for numbers and mathematical signs for better understanding. Sometimes I also switched in English so that the students can familiarize themselves with English. Before evaluation, I always give them activities or games. Afterwards, I also gave exercises that they solved in their notebooks. After class, my cooperating teacher always gave me feedback about my teaching. She told me that the students enjoy the class because I provided games. Time management was actually very hard because I provided some activities and the activities requires some mechanics. Explaining the mechanics takes time because of the language barrier so I often used body language like acting what the game is all about. Managing the classroom is quite hard. Although the students are disciplined, managing the activity is hard because of the language barrier. Also, some students are really not listening. So I thought of Fireball, to catch their attentions. This is what I did when I taught in Boonkum, I provided activities to catch the learners’ attention and to maximize learning.