WU INTER COOP: During-INTER COOP

47

HOW CAN WE TREAT “HOMESICKNESS?”

Think about the good side
of things to feel better

Thinking positively will help you to
decrease your anxiety and feel better
from bad feelings.

Do something to feel
closer to home

Calling family and close friends and
looking at their photos can heal you
from homesickness.

Thinking that time away is
pretty short makes time go
by faster.

To avoid focusing on the
uncomfortable things too much and
think positively that time is short.

48

The student’s

homesick experience

Four years ago, I lived in Bangkok to study
for one year without any friends from high
school and family. I had to adapt to the new
environment because of unfamiliarity. I was
stressed with the strange environment and
studying then I missed home. I have to say
that it’s the normal feeling of students to
encounter it. When students are familiar with
the new environment, they can pass on this
feeling.

49

Check your de
pression level
before meeting a psychiatrist

Depression The feeling happens when students encounter many serious problems.


Depression stimulates the pituitary gland. The adrenal gland increases


the secretion of the hormone cortisol. Then, it makes students feel


insecure, uncomfortable, fearful, anxious, and pressured.

Level 1: Mind

stress
depression)

(Low

This level does not affect too much in daily life but has

feelings of boring, lack of motivation, and slower behavior.

Symptoms Solution
Easy to fall into a bad mood, but it's Exercise, spend time with friends,
not hard symptoms. These actions will
and do activities to relax
slowly disappear.


Level 2: Moderate Stress (Medium depression)

This stress level affects people’s physical bodies. Depression
disturbs the body system. It reflects that your body cannot
handle this repeatedly feeling.

Symptoms Solution
Eat less, insomnia (cannot sleep), Express their feelings with close friends

headache, or diarrhea. Students will be or comfort people, live in a comfortable

anxious about the abnormal body system. environment, and consult psychologists.

Level 3: High-stress

Depression affects the body system resulted in affecting
your daily routine. It also affects the efficiency of your
body and your relationship with other people.

Symptoms Solution
The body system is clearly changing at this Exercise, spend time with a
level; for example, headache, stomachache, beloved person, and consult

be easy getting upset, and eating and psychologists.
sleeping behavior is changing.



Level 4: Severe stress

Severe depression leads to abnormality and hard symptoms of the
body system for a long time until the surrounding people observe your
disorder. Close people need to take care closely and help.

Symptoms Solution
Miserable expressed through facial expression.
Consult psychiatrist,
An auditory hallucination. The negative attitude
psychotherapist, and treating

to being alive. Have risk of hurting yourself. closely.

50

Heal yourself with Self-esteem

Self-esteem is a standard self-encouragement of humans to
encounter many problems confidently. Having high self-esteem
leads to adapting themselves to society efficiently and enjoying

their lives because of having good mental health.

Low self-esteem

Cause of low self-esteem

Lack of self-value (I feel like I’m not
good enough.)
Be ignored paying attention
Bullying/teasing
Do a difficult task without
encouragement
Face with failure
Face the big problem in life
Social pressure (The pressure is
influenced by surrounding people.)

Effect from low self-esteem

When you have to face a severe
problem in your life, you always
blame yourselves that you are
the cause of the problem. This
self-blaming is a lack of self-
value or self-esteem. It is one of

the symptoms of major
depressive disorder.

Reference
Blissing Tips. (2022, 3 2). Retrieved from Blissing University:

https://sites.google.com/view/blissinguniversity/infographicgraphic

51

High self-esteem

High self-esteem is the bravery to encounter problems and
understand the failure and disappointment passing in life. The
thinking to self-value is positive. You believe in yourself that you can

do everything success following your goals.



Fulfillment to your Find your strength and understand
emotion on your own your weakness.
Understand that everything can
change.
Proud of yourself.
Share your little pride with others.
Reject something you cannot do it.
Do not compare yourself with others.
Avoid blaming yourself and forgive it.

Support and cheer up to do many Fulfillment to your
activities. emotion by
Understand in yourself and set your
goals following your identity. surrounding people
Open your opportunity to share your
ideas with others. Reference
Give love, pay attention, and trust to Blissing Tips. (2022, 3 2). Retrieved from Blissing University:

others. https://sites.google.com/view/blissinguniversity/infographicgraphic
Avoid your hate speech that can hurt
other people.
Always build up comfort environment
and support them.

52

How to adapt yourself to a new society

Situation Do not Leave your
familiar home to the

with new
friends dormitory
The high

expectation

in another Adapt
Difference yourself with
identity working
process your new
roommate

Fear to be Do not comfort The feeling
not acceptable with a new to situations
environment
from others



Low self-
Fear to confidence
express your

identity

How to heal Know yourself to understand
yourself what you need
Be brave to face m
any situations
Do not expect in
others too much

Understand in different identities in society
Show what you need directly
to surrounding people Find advantages in your environment and
use many perspectives to analyze what’s
Carefully consider that what happening
you think is the facts or
coming from your emotion Reference
Blissing Tips. (2022, 3 2). Retrieved from Blissing University:
https://sites.google.com/view/blissinguniversity/infographicgraphic

Reference 53

Blissing Tips. (2022, 3 2). Retrieved from Blissing University:
with
https://sites.google.com/view/blissinguniversity/infographicgraphic




Handle your hard work
good management

Doing hard work often comes with depression leading to low
working efficiency. Knowing solving depression and how to deal with

lots of assignments will help you manage your hard work.

Positive attitude to stress (Eustress)
You are motivated among stress,

improve yourself and find your
ability.



Negative attitude to stress (Distress)
Feel depressed, burn out your

inspiration in working, and cannot think
of work details from working a lot.

How to handle the stress




Find someone Separate task which
trustworthy to share
your bad emotion. full of details and
Find someone who
can suggest you at unnecessary work.
work.
Provide the proper


work with people who
Make your lists of assignments.
are experts in that

Finding work Separate the tasks





Evaluate necessary working processes that fulfill the work’s

objective.

Order the importance of each work.

Discuss with a teammate about solving happening

situation.
Management

54

INTERNATIONAL
COOP EDU
SUPERVISION

DURING-INTER COOP

CHAPTER 8

55

SUPERVISION

While international cooperative education working,

your teacher supervisor will meet you two times

and there are two forms of supervision: online and

on-site due to the Covid-19 situation.

OoNneE
TWtwOo

First meeting Second meeting
(around week 12- (around week
16 of 24-26 of
cooperating cooperating
education education
working) working)

The purpose is to evaluate the The purpose is to evaluate the
working ability of students and cooperation education report
preparedness of the workplace in and performance overview of
cooperation education working
include joining the presentation students in cooperating
education working.
with their workplace.

56

HOW TO APPROPRIATELY
CONTACT TEACHER SUPERVISOR



Contac

t within

official working hours
(Monday-Friday 8.30
a.m. - 4.30 p.m.,
Thailand time)




Always introduce
yourself before talking




Name

School and major

Use polite speaking
tone and words

57

5 tips to write the formal email
to the teacher supervisor



Use a clear subject line (an email
subject)

An email subject should have the name and briefly
objective of the email to help your teacher understand
what you need.

Use the proper greeting to open your email
appropriately

Use “Dear Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms. Last Name.”, if it’s
your first time sending the email.
You can use “Hello,” or “Good Morning.” in cases
similar to your teacher already.

Write only necessary information

The length of the letter should not be longer.
Brief your point.

Use a formal tone

Avoid slang words or informal words/phrases

Use appropriate ending

End your email with “Thank you,” “Sincerely,”
or “Best,” followed by your full name.

58

Example of the formal email

Retrieved from: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/writing/how-to-write-a-clear-polite-email-to-a-teacher.html

1 YOUR TEACHER EMAIL

2

AN EMAIL SUBJECT

3

GREETING / OPENING

4

IMFORMATION

5 ENDING

Reference

Asking and giving direction in English. English Study Page. (2019,
October 6). Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://englishstudypage.com/speaking/asking-and-giving-
direction-in-english/

Asking for and giving directions: English conversations . 7ESL.
(2020, January 17). Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://7esl.com/asking-for-and-giving-
directions/#Asking_for_and_Giving_Directions_
Conversations_1

Beare, K. (2019, August 21). Make a suggestion in English.
ThoughtCo. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-make-a-suggestion-
1211130

Blissing Tips. Blissing University. (2022, February 3). Retrieved
March 21, 2022, from
https://sites.google.com/view/blissinguniversity/infographic

Dialog expressing agree and disagree in ... - English admin.
EnglishAdmin.com. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://englishadmin.com/2013/03/expressing-agree-and-
disagree.html

Higginbotham, D. (2021, November). What to do when you feel
homesick. Prospects.ac.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/applying-for-
university/university-life/what-to-do-when-you-feel-
homesick

Reference

Menu in English. EnglishClub. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2022,
from https://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-
drink-menu.htm

Moovit: Train & Bus Times. AppPicker. (2021, September 11).
Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://www.apppicker.com/reviews/15165/Moovit-app-
review-helping-you-to-navigate-public-transit

Problem solving vocabulary. Cram.com. (2007, November 19).
Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/problem-solving-
vocabulary-536835

Thurber, C. A., & Walton, E. (2007). Preventing and treating
homesickness. Pediatrics, 119(1), 192–201.
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-2781

Useful expressions for asking and giving directions in English.
ESLBuzz Learning English. (2019, July 17). Retrieved March 21,
2022, from https://www.eslbuzz.com/how-to-ask-for-give-
directions-in-english/

Wil. (2021, November 9). How to order food in English at a
restaurant. EF English Live. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from
https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/english-in-the-real-
world/impress-friends-ordering-food-english-restaurant/

Zaino, L. (2022, February 23). 28 essential travel apps every
traveler needs. The Points Guy. Retrieved March 21, 2022,
from https://thepointsguy.com/guide/best-travel-apps/