Incorporation of Interactive Activities to Support the Current English Curriculum
• We recommend that teachers utilize more interactive activities to
help overcome student motivation and participation challenges.
Through implementing interactive activities in fourth, fifth, and sixth
grade English classrooms, we found that lessons that linked creativity
and logic were more effective in language education than traditional
teaching methods such as rote memorization techniques. We
concluded that these interactive activities made students more eager to
learn and as a result, their participation in the activity and the lesson
allowed them to better retain the lesson material.
• We recommend schools of rural Thailand utilize Cultural
Exchange programs to support the English curriculum. In addition,
interactive activities that incorporated cultural education were also
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another tool that enhanced the English curriculum at Phon Pang
School. The students’ interest in American culture allowed them to
better relate to the language they studied, as well as build their interest
in the language.