1. ASEAN COUNTRIES
Teacher Name: Erin Ormsby
Student Level of Proficiency: High Beginner
Number of students: 40-50
Age Group: 14-17
Lesson type (listening; speaking etc.): Reading
Topic
ASEAN Countries/Directions
Theme
Directions of ASEAN Countries Bordering Thailand.
Aims
Students will be able to understand directions and where ASEAN countries lie in relation to
Thailand. They will learn how to read a map and be able to understand the basic notion of what
a culture is.
Timetable
Warmer: 3-5 minutes
Presentation: 10 minutes
Practice: 15 minutes
Production: 20 minutes
Wrap-up: 10 minutes
Warmer
Every student gets a passport. In each of the four corners of the room, there will be a label with
the name of a country/famous structures of each country. Each student will get their passport
and we will gather in the center of the room at “Bangkok Airport.” I will instruct the students to
go a certain direction and they’ll “fly” to whichever country they think is to that direction. At each
station, there will be stickers. The students at the correct country will get a sticker to “stamp”
their passports. We will then go back to BKK and I’ll yell another direction and they’ll repeat.

2.  North=Laos
 East= Cambodia
 South= Malaysia
 West= Myanmar
Presentation
I will first present flashcards with the words related to the reading so they can better understand
the story.
1. Border
2. Travel
3. Passport
4. Religion
5. Culture
6. Language
7. Capital City
8. North
9. South
10. East
11. West
1. Prediction
Show them the title and cover photo. Then ask them what they think the story is going to be
about.
2. Gist
Read lines 1, 7, and 14.
Q: Was your prediction about the story correct?
3. Read story to the class
4. Selective
Q: When will Kimmy travel to the ASEAN countries? Read lines 1, 2, and 3.

3. A: March (Line 2).
Q: How many countries border Thailand? Read lines 5, 6, and 7.
A: 4. (Line 6).
Q: What is the main religion of Malaysia? Read lines 11, 12, and 13.
A: Islam (Line 12).
5. Intensive
Q: What did Kimmy learn about at school? Read lines 2, 3, and 4.
A: The 10 different ASEAN countries (line 3).
Q: Where is Laos? Read lines 8, 9, and 10.
A: Laos is to the north of Thailand (line 9).
Q: What does Kimmy need to do before she goes? Read lines 12, 13, and 14.
A: She needs to get her passport and visa (line 14).
6. Interpretation
Q: How do you think Kimmy got to these countries?
Q: What else do you think Kimmy will do in these countries?
Q: Have you ever been to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, or Malaysia? What did you do there?
Production
1. Students will label the ASEAN countries and their capital cities
2. Write about directions using map
3. Creative writing: where do you want to travel? Where is it in relation to Thailand? How will
you get there, and what will you do?
Cooler
Students will choose a vocab word from a hat. Each word will be in the hat twice, one with a #1
and one with a #2. Students will go outside. #1s will be on one side and #2s will be on the other.
The students will shut their eyes and call out their words. Students must listen and pronounce
their words carefully. The object of the game is to find the other person with your vocab word. As
teams finish, they will get another stamp for their passports.

4. If compass activity is too much, students can color in their passports and write on the inside what
countries they’ve visited/which ones they would like to.

5. Nickname: ______________________________ Student Number: _________
My Trip to _________________
Write 4 sentences about:
 Which ASEAN country you want to travel to.
 What direction it is in.
 Who you will go with.
 What you need to bring.
 What you will do there.
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6. _____________________________________________________
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I want to travel to ___________________________________. It
is to the _________________ of Thailand. I will go with
________________________________________. I need to bring
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My Trip to _________________
Nickname: ________________________________ Student Number: _________

7. _________________________. In ________________________,
I will _________________________________________________
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Kimmy’s ASEAN
Adventure
1. Hi! My name is Kimmy!I am 18 years old, and I live Bangkok, the capitalcity of
Thailand.
2. I am almost done with school! In March, I will travelto some ASEAN countries
near Thailand!
3. At school, I learned about the 10 different ASEAN countries. You have probably
learned about them, too!
4. I love traveling and learning. I want to learn about different a culture.
5. Every countryhas a culture. Language, religion, art, and food are all a part of
culture.
6. There are4 countriesthat border Thailand. Theyare Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos,
and Malaysia.
7. I will travel to the capitalcity ofall 4 of theseASEAN countries!

8. 8. First, I will go to Cambodia. Cambodiaisto the east of Thailand. I am excited to
see themountainsthere.
9. Next, I will travel to Laos. Laos is to the north of Thailand. I will visit my friend
Jimmywho lives there.
10. Then, I will go to the west of Thailand toMyanmar. I am excited toeat the food
there!
11. Buddhism is the biggest religion inall three of thesecountries.
12.Last, I will travel to Malaysia. Malaysiaisto the south of Thailand. The main
religion of Malaysia isIslam.
13.I will stay in Malaysia for 1 year to study. I will stayhere becausewant to learn
about Islam.
14.Before I go, I need to get a passport. I am very excited to visit the ASEAN
countriesthat border Thailand!