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A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand
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You sure are having ball of a time buddy. When leaving?
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1 week here, back to tiny red dot sun
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Noted. Have a great one buddy.
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Another lunch at the Suvarnabhimbi Airport, sianz
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Singapore Laksa
Life of a screw salesman is really hard got to travel everywhere to sell my product for my Thai boss. Miss my dogs.
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Life of a screw salesman is really hard got to travel everywhere to sell my product for my Thai boss. Miss my dogs.
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I see you've combined the smaller bowls into one bigger bowl. Pretty smart.
Don't forget the sambal, found near the chwee kueh on the side.
Safe travels Froggy
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Swan song in Chiangmai fri night. Went to this Haun Suntaree restaurant along Ping river run by the famous former singer Suntaree. Popular for her Lanna folk songs.
Place is big, rustic and charming. She comes on and do her thing on week nights for 40mins. Was hoping to catch her singer daughter Lana Conmgs (mixed). Her name literally means ‘celebration of life’. Now getting on in age, still elegant
Had this northern crunchy black mushroom dish (am told grows 1X a year).
Place is big, rustic and charming. She comes on and do her thing on week nights for 40mins. Was hoping to catch her singer daughter Lana Conmgs (mixed). Her name literally means ‘celebration of life’. Now getting on in age, still elegant
Had this northern crunchy black mushroom dish (am told grows 1X a year).
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Thanks for all the great photos and ideas for Chiang Mai. I'll know where to go the next time.
I find it interesting that there is a Singapore school in CNX - perhaps as a stepping stone to attending school in Singapore.
However, in all honesty, having gone through 18 years in one, if I had kids in Thailand - I would never send mine there.
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Transit in Suk last night. Oh what a bloody contrast vs laid back CNX. North Lanna soft in language, music with eats and local handicrafts, clothing cheap. I could put my roots here.
Had dinner at Thonglor area, Japanese quarter at Nagiya (famous for grilled food). Had this soup base with chicken balls, and veg pizza. Saw this interesting MadMotel too near Sinkie chicken rice Boon Tong Kiat
Had dinner at Thonglor area, Japanese quarter at Nagiya (famous for grilled food). Had this soup base with chicken balls, and veg pizza. Saw this interesting MadMotel too near Sinkie chicken rice Boon Tong Kiat
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Thai English proficiency drops
Survey says 63 countries doing better
Thailand has dropped 11 spots in the proficiency rankings for non-native English speaking countries.
The kingdom is now ranked 64th among the 88 listed countries and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index 2018. This year's ranking, conducted by Switzerland-based Education First, a language school operator with branches worldwide, is based on test data from 1.3 million adults who took the EF Standard English Test (EF SET) last year.
In the latest results, Thailand has a score of 48.54, which is classified as low proficiency.
In 2017, Thailand was 53rd (49.7) out of 80 countries and was also categorised in the low proficiency band.
In East Asia, Thailand has the worst English proficiency except for Cambodia and Myanmar. Thailand is far behind China and Japan, which supposedly have low abilities in English.
Sweden tops the EF English Proficiency Index 2018 with 70.7, bumping last year's top-scorer, the Netherlands (70.3), into second place. Singapore ranked third with 68.6 followed by Norway (68.3) and Denmark (67.3).
Libya is ranked at the bottom with a score of 39.64 behind Iraq (40.8), Uzbekistan (42.5), Cambodia (42.8) and Afghanistan (43.6).
Among Asian countries, Singapore was top, followed by the Philippines in 14th, Malaysia in 22nd place, India in 28th, Hong Kong in 30th, South Korea in 31st, Vietnam in 41st, Macau in 44th, China in 47th, Taiwan in 48th and Japan in 49th.
The full report is available at EF.co.th, while a summary of the Thai proficiency is at this link
One of the key findings according to the survey is that English proficiency has not improved in Asia despite high levels of investment in the language.
New correlations indicate that societies with higher English proficiency are more egalitarian. Women also continue to outpace men in English skills worldwide, and this gender gap has been widening since 2016.
Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said that the development of Thai students’ English skills is crucial and needs serious improvement.
"Each Thai student studies English for at least 12 years at primary and secondary school, but most remain unable to communicate in English. This is the main obstacle to global competition," he said.
The two main challenges that need to be addressed are Thai teachers’ English skills and their teaching approach, according to Mr Teerakiat.
By focusing on language accuracy and memorisation rather than communication, most Thai students are left unable to converse effectively in English. Many Thai students were also found to have a poor attitude towards English classes.
In 2015, the Ministry of Education and the British Council teamed up to improve the skills of primary and secondary English teachers through the Regional English Training Centres (RETC) project. Approximately 17,000 out of 40,000 of Thailand’s English teachers have been trained and mentored in a more conversational approach since the project began.
Survey says 63 countries doing better
Thailand has dropped 11 spots in the proficiency rankings for non-native English speaking countries.
The kingdom is now ranked 64th among the 88 listed countries and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index 2018. This year's ranking, conducted by Switzerland-based Education First, a language school operator with branches worldwide, is based on test data from 1.3 million adults who took the EF Standard English Test (EF SET) last year.
In the latest results, Thailand has a score of 48.54, which is classified as low proficiency.
In 2017, Thailand was 53rd (49.7) out of 80 countries and was also categorised in the low proficiency band.
In East Asia, Thailand has the worst English proficiency except for Cambodia and Myanmar. Thailand is far behind China and Japan, which supposedly have low abilities in English.
Sweden tops the EF English Proficiency Index 2018 with 70.7, bumping last year's top-scorer, the Netherlands (70.3), into second place. Singapore ranked third with 68.6 followed by Norway (68.3) and Denmark (67.3).
Libya is ranked at the bottom with a score of 39.64 behind Iraq (40.8), Uzbekistan (42.5), Cambodia (42.8) and Afghanistan (43.6).
Among Asian countries, Singapore was top, followed by the Philippines in 14th, Malaysia in 22nd place, India in 28th, Hong Kong in 30th, South Korea in 31st, Vietnam in 41st, Macau in 44th, China in 47th, Taiwan in 48th and Japan in 49th.
The full report is available at EF.co.th, while a summary of the Thai proficiency is at this link
One of the key findings according to the survey is that English proficiency has not improved in Asia despite high levels of investment in the language.
New correlations indicate that societies with higher English proficiency are more egalitarian. Women also continue to outpace men in English skills worldwide, and this gender gap has been widening since 2016.
Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said that the development of Thai students’ English skills is crucial and needs serious improvement.
"Each Thai student studies English for at least 12 years at primary and secondary school, but most remain unable to communicate in English. This is the main obstacle to global competition," he said.
The two main challenges that need to be addressed are Thai teachers’ English skills and their teaching approach, according to Mr Teerakiat.
By focusing on language accuracy and memorisation rather than communication, most Thai students are left unable to converse effectively in English. Many Thai students were also found to have a poor attitude towards English classes.
In 2015, the Ministry of Education and the British Council teamed up to improve the skills of primary and secondary English teachers through the Regional English Training Centres (RETC) project. Approximately 17,000 out of 40,000 of Thailand’s English teachers have been trained and mentored in a more conversational approach since the project began.
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