Lower Mekong Initiative US English Fellow-Thailand Education Pillar

06/10/2013

Apiwan Nuangpolmak, PhD, is our co-teacher for Seminar 1, Education Reform: Prioritizing Education Reform to Prepare for ASEAN Integration, which starts Monday.

Apiwan Nuangpolmak received a BA (English) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand before completing a Master’s in Applied Linguistics (TESOL) followed by a PhD in Linguistics from Macquarie University, Australia.

Her Master’s dissertation entitled “Task Motivation in Writing: A Case Study of Thai Students” and the PhD thesis on “Facilitating Language Learning Through a Multilevel-task Approach” reflected her research interests, which include material development, motivational strategies, fostering learner autonomy and writing instruction.

Apiwan is currently a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI) where she teaches English for Academic Purposes, Spoken English for Fine and Applied Arts Profession, and Skills in English for Graduates.

Additionally, she is working on two research projects, namely “An Evaluation of Instructional Materials for Experiential English” and “Awareness and Use of English Learning Strategies among Unsuccessful Learners”.

06/10/2013

Introducing Assistant Professor Suchada Nimmanit, also a coordinator and Distance Learning instructor on the LMI 2 team:

Suchada has a BA (Hons) from Chulalongkorn University and a Master’s of Education from Pennsylvania State University. She is a PhD candidate, Macquarie University. Her international experiences include teaching Japanese businessmen at Language Institute of Japan, Female Parliamentarians of Lao PDR under UNDP, government Officials of Vietnam under RIHED, SEAMEO sponsorship, and members of the Cabinet from Mongolia. She served as President of Thailand TESOL, TESOL Inc. Board of Directors, and Chair of TESOL Inc Nominating Committee. Suchada was coordinator for Thailand for the LMI Phase I English project, English for Specific Purposes seminars for mid-level government officials form Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Thailand.

Her other work includes studies on motivation and strategies of a successful Thai student, collaborative learning in text chat and face-to-face discussions, and learner-assisted language learning in text chat and face-to-face discussions.

06/10/2013

Linda Darling-Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University where she is Faculty Director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and member of the National Academy of Education. Her research and policy work focus on issues of educational equity, teaching quality, and school reform. In 2008, she served as director of President Obama's education policy transition team. Her book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future, received the coveted Grawemeyer Award in 2012. Her most recent book is Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement (2013).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQk3vBXDNI0

Linda Darling-Hammond presented a vision of the California State Education system and international systems during a conversation on how to include performan...

06/10/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpTT_ewXmKI

Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond's winter, 2008 presentation on international practices of performance-based assessment, and how these practices comp...

02/09/2013

Here's the LMI page:
https://www.facebook.com/lowermekong

Welcome to the Mekong-U.S. Partnership (MUSP). The MUSP promotes the stability, peace, prosperity, and sustainable development of the Mekong sub-region through cooperation among the Mekong partner countries and the United States.

02/09/2013

To learn more about the US State Department's LMI programs, go to
www.lowermekong.org.

The Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is a multinational partnership among Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United States to address complex, transnational development and policy challenges in the Lower Mekong sub-region.

02/09/2013

August 26, 2013, Senior US English Language Fellow, Rocky Peltzman, began work as the coordinator and online distance learning teacher for the LMI Phase 2 Professional Communication Skills for Leaders in Bangkok.