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Post 10: Online Learning or Face-to-Face Learning?

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Post 10 : Online Learning or Face-to-Face Learning? What are the key differences between face-to-face and online learning?

Post 9: My Favorite ELT Methods

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Post 9: My Favorite ELT Methods An ELT method that I Believe to be Effective in Teaching Thai Learners of English

Post 6: Input and Output Hypotheses

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Post 6: Input and Output Hypotheses 1. Explain what the input hypothesis is. 2. According to the input hypothesis, how do we learn L2 e.g. English? 3. According to the output hypothesis, how do we learn grammar?

Post 7: Artificial Intelligence and English Language Learning

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Post 7: Artificial Intelligence and English Language Learning 1. Many AI agents (bots) are being used as English language tutors. What are the pros and cons of having AI agents as language tutors? 2. English-X is an AI agent. Talk to English-X and write about your chat experience. (a) Did you find the chat experience useful for your language learning? (b) Do you have any suggestions or recommendations? 3. Are you afraid that AI agents will take your jobs? Why?

Post 8: Benefits of Reading

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Post 8: Benefits of Reading What are the benefits of reading? What is the difference between intensive and extensive reading? My favorite book: As a teacher, how would you encourage your students to read more?

Post 5: Attitudinal Factors in SLA

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Post 5: Attitudinal Factors in SLA What is an attitude? Why is it important in foreign language learning? How can you (as an English language teacher) develop the students' positive attitudes towards English language learning?

Post 4: Language Learning Strategies

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Post 4: Language Learning Strategies TASK - Reflect on your language learning strategies.  What language learning strategies have you been using?  Do you use both direct and indirect strategies?  Write a short essay under the title - “My Language Learning Strategies”.

Post 3: English as a Global Language

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 Post 3: English as a Global Language Hello Everybody: 1. What is EFL? What is ESL? 2. Most Thai students are .............EFL or ESL students? 3. Why do we have to teach EFL and ESL students differently? 4. English is a global language. Explain this statement.

Post 2: Learning Thai and English - Differences

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 Post 2: Learning Thai and English - Differences Hello Everybody: What are the differences between learning Thai and learning English?

Post 1: How I Have Been Learning English

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 Post 1: How I Have Been Learning English Hello Everybody: My name is Janpha Thadphoothon, an English language teacher at DPU in Bangkok, Thailand. This post is part of a course I am taking (EL367) Intro to ELT. How I Have Been Learning English I'd like to share with you my experiences and thoughts on English language learning. 

About Me Janpha

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  About Janpha Thadphoothon Hello World  Let me introduce myself. My name is Janpha Thadphoothon. You can call me Janpha. I am teaching English at Dhurakij Pundit University in Bangkok, Thailand. My favorite subject is, of course, English. I enjoy speaking and writing in English. I believe that English is a very useful language for personal growth and national development. This blog is my blog for  EL 376 Introduction to ELT. Janpha in his small garden I also have my Youtube channel called Janpha Channel.  Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrJanpha/videos The aims of this blog - Janpha Thadphoothon Google Blog - are as follows: 1. To reflect on my learning of this course EL376  2. To develop my vocabulary and writing skills 3. To share my opinions and thoughts on various topics Did you know that I am a big fan of reading? Yes, I enjoy reading very much. You can say that I am a bookworm, someone who read and keep a lot of books. Why do we read? We read to learn and enhance our lives.