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The purposes of this investigation were (1) to examine the findings of effectiveness of the process of learning-by-doing; (2) to develop students' skill of designing English teaching materials and teaching English language; and (3) to determine an efficient format of learning-by-doing used for training student-teachers in the skill of teaching English. The subjects of the study were 5 graduate students majoring in linguistics at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, Thailand. This investigation employed qualitative research. The research instrument was a questionnaire designed to garner students' opinions towards learning of constructing English teaching materials and teaching English language. Qualitative data from group brainstorming were taken into account. The results showed that the students benefited from the process of learning-by-doing. It assisted them to discover knowledge of designing English teaching materials and English teaching skills by themselves. It was also determined that an efficient format for training student-teachers should include with group brainstorming at every step. This begins with the principles of the audio-lingual method, cognitive code learning theory and communicative language teaching approaches. Brainstorming was also conducted while adapting teaching materials, during practical teaching, self reflection and peer reflection.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert