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Thai children are still being denied decent education
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010By The Nation Published on August 31, 2010 As other countries progress, our teachers remain disillusioned and our students lag behind their peers US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been touring several American states to raise public awareness about the importance of education. He has said on multiple occasions that education is a civil [...]
Daily Horoscope
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Well, no one really believes it, do they? However, I bet that many of you still read your horoscope every time you pick up a newspaper. Here is an example from astrology online: ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You can enjoy the company of others and come in contact with an ideal mate, if you [...]
Visit Aj Kanjana Siriwat-Minson’s Blogsite
Sunday, August 1st, 2010I have added a link on the left under ‘Interesting Websites’ for Aj. Kanjana’s webblog. It is really interesting to see what she experiences in the UK and how she deals with it. You can click the link at the left or here below. YOO ANGRIT. http://www.yooangrit.com/ Yoo Angrit is a journal about life in [...]
Bangkok Post Video News
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Aj. Nuantip Mahamongkon recommends that English students, but other interested participants as well, should watch the English news from the Bangkok Post Multimedia website. It is a good way to keep abreast of the news and to practice English at the same time. http://www.bangkokpost.com/multimedia/vdo
Gallery Plug In
Friday, July 23rd, 2010So here is a new gallery plug in to view photos. I hope that students and teachers will contribute their best photos of events to make our website more entertaining! Works best with IE8. Some issues with Chrome and Firefox.
Crossword Help
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010If you like to play crosswords and can’t seem to find the answer, here is a good website to get you one step further. One Across can help with traditional crosswords, but also with anagrams. Just add the clue or copy and paste it in. Then enter the question mark “?” for any letters that [...]
Welcome to Nok’ s Nest
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Be sure and visit the Multiply site of Aj. Nok Diyaporn; there are many interesting stories and lots of pictures. She writes in Thai and in English and you are guaranteed to find something you like! Nok was so good as to post one of her articles below. http://diyaporn.multiply.com/
Hospitality Visit to Koh Yo Museum
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010On Saturday 3 July 2010, 33 Students from English for Hospitality 2 class and Aj.Diyaporn visited the Folklore Museum at Koh Yor. The aim of the visit was for students to learn local cultures and cultural tourism. They also got an opportunity to observe how a museum guide worked. For some students, it was their first [...]
Massive Server Failure
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010Hello Readers and Users of TSUWESTERN! Due to a server failure, our department website was lost! We are starting over. Some posts will be retrieved and re-posted. Others will be lost forever! Thank you for your understanding
Hasan Writes about Kamala Fest 2009
Friday, December 18th, 2009Hasan Che-aware, our 4th-year student, has posted another report with the Phuket Gazette Friday, December 18, 2009 Kamala Fest 2009 activites announced KAMALA, PHUKET: Live performances from Kangkeng and Hin Lek Fai as well as a fishing competition and a football tournament are among the highlights of the Kamala Festival 2010, set to take place next [...]
Au Pair Thailand VDO Contest
Friday, December 11th, 2009I just got the following message about a YouTube VDO contest. Are any students creative? Can you make a slideshow/video. Would you like to win the contest and make 30,000 baht? Read the e-mail below and then visit the website: Dear Aj. James, I have a very good activity to invite my English major junior. [...]
Hasan has Two New Posts at Phuket Gazette
Saturday, November 21st, 2009Our 4th-year student, Hasan Che-aware, has posted two new articles at the Phuket Gazette. Please go to their website to view them. Congratulations Hasan; keep on writing. Visit the Phuket Gazette Website at www.phuketgazette.net/news/ Friday, November 20, 2009 Phuket City seeks funding for stadium Saturday, November 21, 2009 Handicraft bargains at Phuket OTOP fair
Race against Time on Phuket’s Thalang Road
Monday, November 16th, 2009PHUKET CITY: Work to bury power cables along Thalang Rd is nearing completion and the city is hoping to have the project completely finished in time for the fourth Old Phuket Town Festival next month. Aekapop Patpathom, project engineer with the Provincial Electrical Authority (PEA) office in Phuket, said all of the underground conduits have [...]
Twinning Program Chong Boon and TSU
Monday, November 2nd, 2009I just finished 8-day field trip from 23-30 Oct. 09 around Songkhla & Phattalung. This program is The Twinning Program between Chong Boon Secondary School & TSU. 14 students from S’pore and 14 from my university. It was tiring, but meaningful for me. I’ve learned a lot as an organizer, guide, teacher and tourist. We [...]
Loy Krathong 2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009If you are Thai, there is probably zero chance that you would forget that on Monday, 2 November 2009, it is Loy Kratong festival. TSU will also have many activities for the public starting in the early evening. This is my bread kratong from several years back which I launched in our Rim Buang pond. [...]
NUS Buddy Visit
Friday, May 22nd, 2009The National University of Singapore visited in the second annual TSU-NUS Buddy Program from May 18-22 2009. Dr. Carl Grundy-Warr and Dr. Alan Ziegler and support team brought 44 Singaporean students to meet and enjoy various activities with 44 Thaksin University students, mostly from the English Department. Highlights included the welcoming party at Rajamangala Pavilion [...]
Academic Presentation MMK Videos
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Check out the great work the 4th-year students did on their electronic media presentations. Harvesting Rubber by Narasak and Songpop All other videos can be viewed by clicking on the link below or going directly to www.youtube.com and entering tsuwestern in the search box. Songkhla Aquarium by Pornkamol and Usa Taj Mahal by Parishat and [...]
ITU TELECOMASIA 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008Two of our third-year English Liberal Arts Majors, Arunporn Saetia and Ekkapon Phairot were chosen as the two Thai representatives for the Youth Forum of the International Telecommunications Union being held in Bangkok from 30 August until 6 September. Join with me and wish them luck! We look forward to their reports when they return.