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So Corinne assigned a project that included an oral presenation where everyone was expected to say at least one sentence. She ran the project past the Thai teacher and asked if the M3 kids (14-15 yrs old) could, in fact, understand this. Yes, they certainly can. The project was about weather in a country. Any country. Saying anything about the weather.

The M3 kids have been working on the Weather unit about half as long as my P6 kids have been working on the My Family unit. Which means they've been studying meteorological English for an eternity. Clearly it wouldnt be so difficult to come up with any five sentences about the weather in any country in the world. "Thailand is hot" comes to mind today...

The culmination of this disaster is when the kids doing Thailand get up in front of the class and start their presentation.

STUDENT #1: "Good afternoon, today we will be talking about the weather in Thailand"
(OK this is going to be better than Switzerland, which was 75% in German)

STUDENT #2: "Thailand has three seasons; hot, rainy, and cool"
(so far so good)

STUDENT #3: "Although the Thai people would joke that it is; hot, hotter, and unbearable."
(hmm...being funny, that is suspicious)

STUDENT #4: "If you are viewing these pages from the America's, all times are local. For more information visit www.... or click here."