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 หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : Effects of Using a Blog as a Free Online Space for Practicing English Writing Skills by Thai Students Taking English as a Foreign Language) ผู้เขียน: Thanawan Suthiwartnarueput, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf AbstractThe study explored the effects of using a blog as a free online space for practicing English writing skills by Thai EFL students. The participants of the study were 83 Thai undergraduate sports science students in a university in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. The data were collected from 100-word written pieces and interview responses. During the experiment, each participant was assigned to write three 100-word written pieces on the blog in the computer lab. Every time, they were proctored by the teacher and had 20 minutes allocated. Based on the findings, the statistical evidence showed significant differences in the mean scores of the first, second, and third written pieces (F = 190.073, p < .001 calculated from multivariate tests and F = 132.151, p < .001 calculated from tests of within-subjects effects). The participants’ average mean score was higher in their last written pieces (X = 40.19, SD = 3.76). From the first to the last written pieces, their writing errors decreased from 421 errors, to 228 errors, to 190 errors, respectively. However, even though there was a decrease in the number of writing errors as a whole, it cannot be concluded that using the blog for practicing writing was totally effective for students because there was an increase in some writing errors, such as incomplete sentences, relative pronouns, word meanings, auxiliary verbs, transitive and intransitive verbs, and past simple tense in their last written pieces. The interview results indicated that the participants had positive attitudes toward using the blog for practicing their English writing skills. They claimed that the blog offered convenience for practicing writing. |
หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : Teachers' Understanding of the Multi-Dimensions of Communicative Language Teaching: A Case Study of Thai Universities) ผู้เขียน:Saksit Saengboon สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf AbstractThis study explored teachers’ understanding of the multi-dimensions of communicative language teaching (CLT). A questionnaire was administered to 135 Thai EFL university lecturers; 83 completed questionnaires were returned. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three participants and one Thai expert in English as a foreign language. The findings revealed that the participants appeared to have a good understanding of CLT principles, although several construed the CLT ideology of choice and freedom as far-fetched. Although the participants realized that CLT is the way forward, strict adherence to CLT should be avoided. Moreover, cautious optimism is much needed, for local teaching and learning conditions must be considered. Finally, implications for further research revolving around CLT were provided—namely, an ethnographic study of CLT, students’ beliefs about the efficacy of CLT and critical discourse analysis concerning CLT. |
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