Bangkok vacation - international school

I had a chance to visit this International School in Bangkok called Siam International School. It had full boarding facilities for students who wish to experience boarding school life.



Bascially a beautiful campus filled with language labs and computer labs, art studios, sports facilities. It' s meant for Thai students (aged 6 to 15) who wish to master English to learn from their teachers who are mostly from UK or US.



The interesting thing is the children all speak very good Thai but not English.. some are Chinese from Taiwan who also speak good Mandarin and have local Thai friends but all dun really speak Thai.. Once again it shows how easy children will pick up a language when young depending on their exposure.. In this case, these children are encouraged to speak English.. (their parents want them to..) and there are "fines" - 10 Baht for speaking Thai.. But they have to try harder to make the effort to learn English and use English..



I had fun learning Thai from a 7 yr old and I guess she also had to "try" to understand my English / Singlish as that is the only language common to us both..