Reading log week 9

New Year’s Day
Thailand is well-known for her festivals which take place all the year round. Most of these festivals are influenced by Buddhist and Brahminical religions, however, with the passage of time a number of them have been adopted in deference to the international practice.

Actually, the official New Year’s Day of Thailand has undergone several changes. Once it used to fall at the end of November. Later, during the reign of King Rama V(1868-1910) it was moved to a date round about April and then New Year’s Day was changed to April the first. The universal practice of celebrating the new year on January 1 was adopted in 1941 in deference to the western calendar and this is one of a number of changes aimed at modernising the country.

Though January 1 is regarded as official New Year, the majority of Thais still regard the middle of April (Songkran) as their new year’s day, and on this auspicious occasion a week-long celebration is held throughout the kingdom. Most of activities on Songkran Day involve water throwing, building sand pagodas and pouring lustral water on the aged as a means of blessing. To be frank, a celebration on January 1 is not so popular as that of Songkran. Normally, before the upcoming January 1, people will exchange greeting cards and gifts. Since on this auspicious occasion, a few grand celebrations are held in the kingdom, people take this opportunity to travel upcountry to visit their relatives or spend holidays at a tourist attraction site, while those stay at home will prepare food and other necessary items to make merit on the early morning of January 1 and then take part in various charitable activities held in various places.

At the same time, several companies take this opportunity to give a bonus and announce promotions to their employees who later cash money to buy gifts for relatives and friends before heading to their hometown for a long vacation.

Obviously, in Thailand people celebrate New Year three times a year, namely ; the Thai traditional New Year or Songkran, January 1 and the Chinese New Year. Out of these, Songkran is the most joyous occasion which draw people from all walks of life to take part in a week-long celebration. Meanwhile, the Chinese New Year is important especially for Thai organisations will close their business for several days so that the employers and their employees will be able to celebrate the auspicious occasion with their relatives at home or spend a long holiday in a place they like.

Learning Log (week 8)

In week 8,Teacher told many things, such as assignment for students, behaviour about self - study, learning other culture and the last is learning and practice translate mix of If-clause.

Teacher assigned work for us thus,

Genre = Text types

1. Narrative = tell story, usually to entertain

2. Recount = personal, factual - tell what happen

3. Information report = provide factual information

4. Instruction = tell the listener or reader what to do

5. Explanations = explain how or why something happen

6. Expository text = preset or argue viewpoints

And he gave first work is translate song "Returned the heart come back" of Takkatan Chonrada. The reason that he chose this song because the words of a song have meaning about If-clause. And when we finished translated we must to post it in to the blog.

Later,behaviour of teacher in the future.He told behaviour should be appropriate with people who are being a teacher, no matter behaviour and clothing too.More over,who were the teacher must to know knowledge of theory too.

Self study or called"Autonomous learner, self-directed learner" is students are learning out of class may be search from books or internet.

Learning of foreign culture is the article that students must to learn, because culture of each country are different with Thai culture. We should be understand in foreigh culture and shouldn't comparison culture between Thai culture and foreign culture.

Finally,teacher explained If-clause until we knew and understood for translation If-clause that mix many form together.Teacher explained it and presented exsample....such as...

1. If I had won the lottery, I would be rich.

2. If I had read the book last night, I might/could understand the content of Mixed If-clause.

3. If Jim got the message I left him a hour ago, He is waiting for me now.

4. If Tom were rich, he would have bought a new car.

Studying in the week are varied same every time. Teacher gave suggestion in many story that I will bring that suggestion for use with myself.

Learning Log (week 7)

In the week, Teacher told me about website for learning English Language.He talked about If-clause. He taught method to make sentences and translated sentences.
Website which use for learning English Language have many websites.But teacher told me about seven websites as follow,

- www.uiowa.edu
- www.wearebusybeavers.com
- www.eslflashcards.com
- www.tisbooks.com
- www.eslgold.com
- www.vrae.org
- www.speak english-today.com

Teacher talked about If-clause. If-claues have 4 form.

1. possible in the future (Real)
If+S+V.1,+S+Modal Verb+V.1
Example: If it doesn't rain this morning, I will go to the Ocean.

2.impossible in the past (Unreal)
If+S+V.2+S+Modal Verb+V.1
Example: If I were Thaksin, I would not fly to America.

3.Impossible in the past (Unreal)
If+s+had+V.3,S+Modal Verb+have+V.3
Example : Nobody told me that you were in hospital, if I had known, I would have visited you.

This is form and sample sentences of If-clause.

That it's important of translation, so when you see sentences you must to read and analysing meaning of sentenses.

Homework (week 7)

1.If I have a time, I will call to you in the evening.
2.If the snow fall in the Bangkok, everybody will be frightened.
3.If he didn't bring me to saw the movie, I would have been sad.

Homework (week 5)

1.Don't call to me at 6 to 7 p.m. I was eating dinner at that time.
2.Call to me at 7 p.m. I have finished dinner at that time.
3.We had arrived to the office this morning, only to see that it had been broken into by someone last night.
4.Joy told me, that she is going to Chiang Mai in May.
5.What make you think of buying this skirt? It's very short!

Homework (week 3)

1.When do you want to dicision? Human can right or wrong.
2.He can't use chopsticks.
3.You can live here as long as you want to live here.

Homework (week 2)

1. You will go to Chiang Mai either by car or train all right.
2. The car that my mother had given to me is a mini Japanese car.
3. He thought will bring me to a nice restaurant to celebrate my birthday but we ended up at the restaurant near his office.
4. A: I spent it all. Because I stayed at the most expensive hotel in the city.
B: Why don't you stay at a cheaper hotel?
5.Anybody knows that money is necessary for one's life.