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Welcome to English Writing – If you are interested in writing in English. Your English may not be perfect, we can help. We learn by sharing information among members. Again, you all are invited.
This is a project in collaboration with the SpringBoard For Asia Foundation (www.sb4af.org ) and various educational institutions in Thailand. It is to promote learning English as well as sharing worthwhile information about Thailand, its people, cultures, localities, etc.
This is a draft. We will update for newer version when we get more complete information. So please send us more details for regularly updating.
Working Teams
Writers, resources persons
Advisors
Mr. Colin Glass, in London, UK
Dr. Pracob Cooparat
pracob.cooparat@gmail.com
in Bangkok, Thailand
Editors
Miss Natthanicha Aneksomboonphon
natthanicha_a@yahoo.co.uk - Editor
Mr. Watthana Suksiripakonchai, editor
Miss Wilailuk Kajornpaiboon
wilailuk@sb4af.org – Project Coordinator
Participants
Students participating in English Clinic, graduate students wanting to improve their English writing
Objectives
Global viewers – sharing learning beyond territories
Knowing more about Thailand in various aspects and dimensions – economics, society, culture, technologies, education, etc.
Assuring investors, tourists, and friends of Thais and Thailand
Cultural tours – essays with pictures, or picture albums with short titles and explanation.
Grammatically correct – accurate information, names of Thais, places, should be checked.
Content
Participants should provide your personal information - biodata, resume, – about half page to 1 full page of biodata written in essay format.
Speeches – Introducing some educational programs or projects – can be in voice clips
Education
College and university administration – profiles (Please look at any university or colleges with their file in Wikipedia, starting from Surindra Rajabhat University, Surin Province, Thailand)
Schools, Tambon administration, provincial administration, town and city administration in Thailand
Elephants, tigers, buffaloes, dogs, cats
Food
Food in Thailand
vegetables, fibre contents in food, Diary production, beef, integrated farming, fresh water fishes,
Jasmine flagrant rice, Pla Rah, sticky rice, Somtam (raw papaya salad), rodents, locust, etc.
Traveling
How to go to ...places in Bangkok and vicinity
Places to visit Samurprakarn, Suvsrnabhumi Airport
Surin, Buriram, Sisa ket, Roi Ed, provinces of the lower Northeastern region.
Traveling by various means of transportation in Thailand - by buses, trains, planes, microbuses, taxis etc. – I have notice that not many non-Thai tourists do not know how to use various buses, while it is a much more convenient means of traveling throughout the country, if they know how to use them, with some understanding of simple Thai language for communication.
Where to stay
Hotels, resorts, guesthouses – It is to introduce tourists about places to stay in Thailand, in Bangkok and provincial towns and cities. At the same time it is our intention to orientate receptionists at hotels and guesthouses to know how to communicate in English.
Business Opportunities
Business opportunities in Thailand. It is an arena to introduce friends and investors about business opportunities in Thailand:
Industrial and business development in Thailand.
Education:
Twinning Programs working in collaboration with institutions in Thailand and universities abroad in the development of international or English academic programs.
Content Service Providers, in English
Testing Technologies, in English and Thai
Transportation: Electric cars, EVs, PHEVs, EV modification, Rapid Mass Transit System
Alternative Energy: Nuclear power plants, high speed trains, gasohol productions, biodiesel production,
Wats, archeological sites
sponsors
In the future, we will look for sponsorship from business sectors –
Import and exports – understand products and services from Thailand.
Logistics – making cost of transportation lower and more convenient for business development
Industries related to PHEVs - tuk tuks, EV batteries, wind turbines, high speed trains, etc.
Consultant companies, specializing in City/town planning, transportation planning, education development, etc.
Academic
Small schools in Thailand
Education Service Areas - 185 ESAs in Thailand, Education Quality Improvement -EQI Education, developments of superintendents in Thailand, Education network in Thailand, Satellite TVs in Thailand, 3G network for education, Internet-bases testing – IBT
There are various research projects, theses and dissertations by graduate students need collaboration in working and sharing information with partners in various countries.
Pracob Cooparat
134 Soi Aree Samphan 5
Phaholyothin Rd
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: pracob.cooparat@gmail.com
