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Foreign Language Department

The EPTS Foreign Language
Department had a successful and
productive year in 2016 and I
look forward to that continuing
in 2017. Thanks to everyone in the
department for your hard work and
dedication.
Apart from our normal teaching
duties, we are also involved with
various projects in EPTS. One of our
longest running projects is the ninth
volume of the Creative Sparks, the
anthology of student writing that
is published annually. Time and
time again, the students continue
to impress with their original and
creative work! The EPTS Bookworms Club had a fun day out at the Bangkok Escape
Room on Mar15, 2017
In conjunction with the other
departments, we have also recently
become involved with tutoring our
students for the World Scholar’s Cup. us with a brief biography of Dahl’s goal is to get more students involved
This a very rigorous and challenging life. After that, some M1 students did in the planning and running of
competition that requires a lot a tremendous job with a dramatic the meetings. Their creative and
of reading, research and critical reading of a scene from Dahl’s classic organizational input are important
thinking. book, The BFG. We also enjoyed for the long-term success of the club.
an entertaining, creative language
The EPTS Bookworms club is ready activity, in which the students and Throughout this 2017-18 academic
to kick off its third year, and we hope teachers made up words based on year, we will be planning a variety
to build on the success of the past two Dahl’s unique language, gobblefunk. of different activities and promotions
years! We had a fun-filled second The meeting ended with a viewing of to try and encourage more students
year that included book discussions, the film, BFG. to become book lovers. If your child and speak with one of their English
games and other activities. A is a bookworm or just curious about teachers. I hope to see your child there!
special meeting was held in August This year, we hope to increase what the Bookworms club is all
to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th student involvement in the club and about, please encourage them to Ajarn Brad Burch
birthday. The M6 students provided to make it more student-led. The join one of our meetings or to come EPTS Head of Foreign Languages

For 2017, EPTS is taking things further
again. We have partnered with
DQWorld.net to provide a complete
integrated program promoting online
safety for M1 students. DQWorld is a
safe online learning environment to
teach students the 8 pillars of Digital
Intelligence: Safety, Use, Identity,
In other news, the school-wide Rights, Literacy, Communication,
social studies field trips were Emotional intelligence, and Security.
completed in June. Ajarn Jason’s M2
students embraced the opportunity M1 students will have fun playing the
to become “Little Tour Guides”. Five games and exploring the challenges
students volunteered to be "Little of DQWorld. The program will last 20
Tour Guides” for the day. So as the weeks, and will be complete towards
bus stopped at the palaces and the end of the academic year. At
historic temples of Ayutthaya, the the end of the program all students
“Little Tour Guides” spoke briefly to will receive a Digital Quotient
their classmates about the historical citizens. The certification came about score showing their strengths and
significance of the place they were as a collaboration between teachers weaknesses, the school will also
about to see. The rest of the class and students, with the focus point receive a report summarising the M!
took notes and asked questions. On being a week long ‘Digital Citizenship Performance. We hope that this will
returning to Bangkok the “Little Tour Week’ in December 2016. produce our most responsible and
Guides” wrote a short quiz for their During 2016 the English The highlight activity was the productive digital students ever!
classmates. This project encouraged Program for Talented Students visit to the Electronic Transactions
public speaking in English as well as became a Digital Citizenship Development Authority. M1 students
teamwork and research. This activity Certified school from Common got involved in activities to promote
helped to meet the goal of increasing Sense Media. This is evidence of online safety, ecommerce and
the amount of English spoken by the a growing focus being placed preventing cyberbullying. It was a
younger students (M1 & M2), as they upon developing students into hugely successful visit for which EPTS
increase their confidence and their responsible and productive digital is very thankful to the ETDA team.
presentation skills.
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