Alumni of the University of Essex matchfunded £250
By
John Sykes
Bangkok
I'm organising a project to use the newest research from the psychology and neuroscience of language and education to improve teaching, starting with Thailand!
I intend to develop a model of Second Language learning to use in schools in Thailand. I will be helping children in Thailand increase their opportunities and economic status by creating a model to improve the speed of lagnuage learning. Afterwards, I hope to continue to improve and continue to trial my programme.
If all goes well, I am looking to apply the same process other countries in South East Asia and perhaps parts of Europe. How much we can do will depend on how much we can raise!
I'm a psychology postgraduate at the University of Essex. I taught in previously Thailand for 2 1/2 months. I am interested in finding ways to apply psychological research to solve real-world problems.
I have been interested in psychology, neuroscience and the humanities for many years. This has led to me to starting my current research opportunity.
I first taught English in Thailand in 2014. Thailand is a developing country with a lot of passion, generosity and a commitment to increasing its prosperity. It has make huge progress in recent years but part of that journey is to get a good grasp of the world's second language, English.
I intend to contribute to that endevour with my new project. Hopefully, if sucessful, this project can contribute towards the body of knowledge that improves the ability to educate future generations. I want to see what I'm able learn myself and to try to apply my findings to other teaching programmes.
You will be making a huge difference to those who get to benefit from this project!
Any leftover money will be given to the schools and used for extra materials!
I will be starting a blog to detail our progress :)
Here is my Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/john.sykes.16
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Thanks so much! Me and the students will send you a personalised postcard to offer our thanks!
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Wow! To show our gratitude, you will receive a personalised video or image as well as a local card or postcard personally thanking you from the people most affected by your donation.
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Amazing! For such a big show of generosity, you will receive a souvenir, usually hand-made, bought at a market or crafted locally.
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A larger souvenir, crafted locally or purchased at the market with a special video from our students!
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