We are working hard at setting up after school mother tongue classes for our Elementary children. So far we have after school classes in Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese and French.
Depending upon the number of children, classes cost around 550 – 600 baht an hour for each child.
There are quite a few challenges in setting up these classes. These include finding a qualified teacher, organizing materials and making sure the children are looked after if a class is later in the afternoon. All our teachers have participated in the same Child Safeguarding Training as regular staff.
We also plan to offer Spanish, Chinese and Korean this semester. We have organized teachers for each language community and put children into groups. We would encourage parents in these communities to think about participating.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me: paul@isb.ac.th
Paul Dufficy
Mother Tongue Language Coordinator
