These two days were spent learning the English Crazy Club songs, games, and talking about the activities that would be used for their upcoming English Crazy Camp in the village of Ban Pha Chan. For many of the Vermont students, this was their first time participating in an English Camp. They were very enthusiastic and excited, and even helped to create the rotations and introduced some new games to the English Crazy Club staff.When the English Crazy Club staff arrived in Ban Pha Chan for the camp, the Montpelier to Thailand students had already been there for about a week and were having a really great time.
The English Crazy Club Staff arrived ready to do more preparation for the upcoming camp. Almost three days of preparation and only two days of actual camp proves how much work it takes to run an English Camp! This was the third time that Montpelier to Thailand has held an English Camp in Ban Pha Chan, so the staff took that into consideration. They made the vocabulary more challenging and played new games as well as old games that are always entertaining. On the first day of the camp, the campers were broken up into five different colored teams: pink, blue, red, yellow, and green. The campers were fourth, fifth, and sixth graders from Ban Pha Chan and nearby villages. Even some of the younger children from the village joined in during the rotations and group activities to learn English, because they wanted to be able to speak with their new Vermont friends!
The first day of camp was packed full of activities: three rotations, International Hello, Crazy Races, Singing in the Rain, and many, many more games and songs. In the evening there was a talent competition, some of the teams danced to Molum songs, some performed skits, and one team danced to “Beautiful Girl.” “Beautiful Girl” was the most remembered performance because it was performed by all boys and they were so cute! On the second day, there were two more rotations, and more fun games to be played. Once the rotations were finished, most of the Montpelier to Thailand staff was exhausted., but the English Crazy Club Staff did an amazing job of keeping their own energy high and making up for the loss of Montpelier to Thailand volunteers in the afternoon.
For new travelers to Thailand, the afternoon heat can be almost unbearable! The highlight of the day was the Temple Fair that was held in the evening. All of the campers played carnival games and were able to win prizes and even some of the villagers joined in on the fun! By the end of the second day, both the staff and the campers were ready to go to bed, but there was one more very important task to do: the closing ceremony. At this closing ceremony, everyone was able to receive a parting gift because Linda Wheatley (director of Montpelier to Thailand) and the students from Vermont brought many gifts including: pencils, pens, notebooks, art supplies, and a lot of t-shirts, to be given away at the end of the camp.
The closing ceremony took so long, but it was well worth it because all of the students went home with something to remember the camp by! After the camp was finished, the entire staff sat down to have a meeting about the impressions of the camp. The Montpelier to Thailand students were so impressed by the amount of energy that the English Crazy Club staff has! They could not express their praise in words. Another successful English Camp was completed in Ban Pha Chan thanks to the Montpelier High School students and English Crazy Club Staff Members. Also, thank you to the community of Ban Pha Chan, who took very good care of all the staff members during our stay in Ban Pha Chan.
Jill Rianne Lawrence
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2 comments:
what a technique to teach the students how to be well in english speaking. yes, this will be a great help towards the speaker . .it push their mind with environment & culture to speak out the hesitation words or whatever they need to talk . .
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