Buk Lao Adventures

When a white cloud drifts across the blue sky, the sun reflects off the shining aquamarine sea. The jerky wave went into a high and steep cliff. A historical statue was placed on this steep cliff. The statue was made of gray rock and grew for many years. Because there are rusty silver plaques under the statue, it is rust, and the plaque can not be read. Before the plaque, an old man in China named Buk Lau was standing. When the sun shines on his bald head he places a fragile body close to the plaque, picks up cocoa brown eyes and thick eyebrows, and tries to read words on the plaque.

The children of elementary school in Laos are the first day of the continuous silent reading (SSR) program. Located in the Kassi district of Laos, this village has the first SSR project in Laos. Founded by Big Brother Mouse, we are publishing and distributing books to promote reading, reading and writing, focusing on simple and interesting books that children want to read. Continuous Silent Reading (SSR) is a school-based entertainment reading or free voluntary reading that students quietly read everyday at school-designated times. The basic premise of SSR is to learn what students read by reading continuously. A successful SSR model usually allows students to choose their own books and does not test or report books. The school implements the SSR with various names such as "drop everything (DEAR)", "free seamless reading (FUR)", or "seamless continuous silence reading (USSR)" did.

Time to read rural elementary school in Laos. Compared to English-speaking countries, learning to read presents different challenges in Laos. The written language follows obvious speech, so the mechanism to read is easier than English. However, the children have little or no opportunity to learn the blackboard from the teacher and have fun reading skills through reading. Except for textbooks, most schools do not have libraries or books; even fourth grade students often read incomplete sentences. The daily reading times shown here are using books from Big Brother Mouse to promote reading at schools and villages in Laos.

Last week I attended the Laos TESOL conference held at the National University of Laos DongDok 30 minutes by car from the town. My meeting was called "to plant love for reading". Unlike nearby Myanmar, book love is not the root part of culture in Laos. Since childhood, I think many parents are beginning to read children. Overall, I think that my meeting is going well. It should have started from 11 o'clock in the morning, but at that time my room was all proud of all three people (including me). 11: 06, the room is full - about 25 people. I started a speech, and soon I saw clearly that the Lao spoken English teacher's audience could hardly control English itself.