English Camp Thailand

By Marco Bussanich

Around the world, numerous students attend English camps held during summers and holidays. Most of them are attended by students who possess a wide variety of English-speaking abilities, making it challenging to find material that works for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.

The first book in a series of English language guides, Thai English Camp answers that need. It uses the histories, geographies, and stories of Thailand to make fun and interesting English lessons. Including three different sectionsbeginner, intermediate, and advancedso as to provide material for all levels of students at an English camp, these lessons provide students with plenty of opportunities to speak, read, and write in English. Author Marco Bussanich has taught at four such camps in both his native Vancouver and in Southeast Asia, and he relies on his experience to produce a guide tailored for all stages of ESL learning. The book can also be used as an ESL text.

Covering a wide range of skill levels, this English language textbook presents a series of lessons designed for students learning English as second language. Listen to Marco talk astronomy at,
www.marcosastrotalk.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9781532036781

Marco Bussanich

Marco Bussanich is a teacher and tutor who holds degrees in Physics and International Relations both from the University of British of Columbia. He has worked as a computer programmer and has taught a wide variety of subjects. He is the author of two previous books, 1,111 Idioms, and, In The Cell In Nong Khai. He travels extensively, having lived in Bangkok, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhuhai, and, most recently, Vancouver, Canada.

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ENGLISH CAMP

THAILAND 

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ENGLISH CAMP THAILAND 

Copyright © 2018 Marco Bussanich. 

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Contents

Contents—Detailed

Introduction

Beginners—Lessons B1–B14

B1—Elephants, Whales, and Dolphins

Nouns and Adjectives

B2—Describing Thai Marine Life

Adjectives

B3—Thai Kids

Pronouns

B4—Popeye, Baby, and Jumpy

Comparatives and Superlatives

B5—Thai Marine Life

Plural and Singular Nouns

Regular and Irregular Nouns

B6—Thai Marine Life

Prepositions

B7—Using Thai Fruits to Study Contractions

Contractions 1

B8—Recycling and the Environment

Antonyms and Synonyms

B9—Describing Thai People

Inversion and Do

Changing Sentences into Questions

B10—Animals

Nouns, Verbs, and Adverbs

Actions and Sounds of Animals

B11—Playing with Elephants

The Verb To Be

B12—Thai People and Their Customs

Adverbs of Frequency

B13—Questions about Thailand

Wh Questions

B14—Thai Kids at the Beach

Simple Present and Present Continuous

Intermediate—Lessons I1–I14

I1—My Holiday in Phuket

Expressions of Time and Verb Tenses

I2—A Day at the Beach

Present Tense

I3—Geographical Use of the Word the and Other Uses of The

Thai Geography

I4—Eating Thai Food

Past tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs

I5—At Safari World

Conjunctions—Connecting Words

I6—Riding and Feeding Elephants in Ayuttyaha

Verb Tenses

I7—Shaman Healers

Prepositions

I8—The Thai Jungle

Action Verbs versus State of Being Verbs

I9—Thailand and Its People

Apostrophes: Possessive, Is, One and More Than One

I10—Thailand’s Floating Market

Since and For Many and Much

I11—Dimensions

Thai Beaches and Wats

I12—Joe in Phuket

Reflexive Pronouns

I13—Thai Customs

Adjectives and Adverbs

I14—Thai Water Sports and Activities

Modal Verbs

Advanced—Lessons A1–A14

A1—The Hindu Influence in Thailand

Adjective Clauses

Writing Descriptive Sentences

A2—Thai Forests and Jungles

Wh Questions—Making Questions with Auxiliary Verbs and Inversion

A3—The Beaches of Ko Samui

Adjectives and Compound Words

A4—Monkeys, Elephants, and Dolphins

Declarative Sentences

A5—The Women of Thailand’s Northern Tribes

Reading and Writing

A6—Sukhothai and Ayuttyaha

Hyphenated Compound Words

Thailand’s Ancient Capitals

A7—The 2005 Indian Ocean Earthquake

Phrasal Verbs

A8—Thai Cities, Towns, and Islands

Adjective Clauses

A9—Animism and Rituals in Thai Life

Phrasal Verbs

A10—Hotel Phuket

Conversation

A11—Thai History

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

A12—Motorcycles and Transportation in Thailand

Compound Words

A13—Thai Marine Life

Adjectives—Order of Importance

A14—Thailand’s Mountains and Caves

Descriptive Writing with Slang,

Phrasal Verbs, and Idiomatic Phrases

Appendix A   Two-Part Phrasal Verbs

Appendix B   List of Prepositions

Appendix C   From Lesson A12: Definitions of Compound Words

Appendix D   List of Irregular Verbs

Appendix E   Information for Wh Questions

Contents—Detailed

B—Beginners    I—Intermediate    A—Advanced 

Introduction

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