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An Implementation Of An Integrated Performance Assessment Module To Promote English Speaking Ability And Learning Engagement Of Undergraduate Students, Benjawan Plengkham
An Implementation Of An Integrated Performance Assessment Module To Promote English Speaking Ability And Learning Engagement Of Undergraduate Students, Benjawan Plengkham
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Integrating assessment with instruction has been a challenge for English language teachers, especially in English speaking courses. Therefore, it is crucial to incorporate instruction and assessment methodologies that can help enhance students’ speaking ability. The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA), designed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (Adair-Hauck et al., 2015), is a cluster assessment consisting of three modes of communication, namely interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational, to seamlessly connect instruction and assessment as well as reflect how students use the language. This study was conducted to 1) investigate the effects of an IPA module on undergraduate students’ …
"What's Worth Risking Eternal Damnation For": Modernism, Language And The Social Impact Of Art In The Works Of James Joyce, Hozier, And Lil Nas X, Saranpat Chiangprom
"What's Worth Risking Eternal Damnation For": Modernism, Language And The Social Impact Of Art In The Works Of James Joyce, Hozier, And Lil Nas X, Saranpat Chiangprom
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This research investigates the notion of human sexuality in selected modernist literary works from James Joyce to postmodern music by Hozier and Lil Nas X regarding the criticism of institutionalized beliefs and the depiction of sexualities. From the sexual and spiritual awakening in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to the public onanism scene in Ulysses, Joyce has intensified one's apostasy and sexuality by optimizing and experimenting with the multiplicity of the meaning of words. The postmodern music selected for analysis which comprises a mid-tempo soul song titled "Take Me to Church" by Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, and …
Effects Of The Writing Instructional Model With Integration Of Inquiry-Based Learning And Visual Literacy On 21st Century Skills Of Efl Learners, Patsawut Sukserm
Effects Of The Writing Instructional Model With Integration Of Inquiry-Based Learning And Visual Literacy On 21st Century Skills Of Efl Learners, Patsawut Sukserm
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Although a body of research illustrates the potential of inquiry-based learning in promoting the 21st century skills among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students (AbuRezeq, 2018; Imansyan et al., 2019; Milatasari, 2013; Palupi et al., 2020; Tongjean et al., 2019), other studies have indicated its occasional failure in eliciting students’ engagement (Duschl & Wright, 1989; Gill, 2005), which affects students’ success in language learning. This results in the need to leverage other pedagogical strategies, including visual literacy, to increase the efficacy of inquiry-based learning (Gonzalez-Ledo, 2015; Maricimoi, 2017; Navidinia et al., 2018; Rokhaniyah, 2019, Sulastri, 2019; Tayib, 2015; Villasor, …
Effects Of Salience And Working Memory On L2 Processing Of English Relative Clauses With Past Participles And Past Participial Reduced Relative Clauses By L1 Thai Learners, Supakit Thiamtawan
Effects Of Salience And Working Memory On L2 Processing Of English Relative Clauses With Past Participles And Past Participial Reduced Relative Clauses By L1 Thai Learners, Supakit Thiamtawan
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The present study explored effects of working memory (WM), structure, and salience on the processing of irregular past participial forms in English relative clauses (RCs) and participial reduced relative clauses (PRRCs) among L1 Thai learners. Based on Bayley’s research (1994), the salience in this study was related to phonological changes from the past tense form of English irregular verbs into their past participial form. The research included two groups of past participles with different salience degrees, i.e., an internal vowel change plus an addition of the syllabic [ən] morpheme and an internal vowel change plus an affixation of n. The …
The Acoustic Measurement Of English Vowel Duration Regarding Final Consonant Voicing Produced By L1 Thai Speakers, Chalita Taothong
The Acoustic Measurement Of English Vowel Duration Regarding Final Consonant Voicing Produced By L1 Thai Speakers, Chalita Taothong
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This acoustic study focuses on the phonetic phenomenon in English called the voicing effect in which vowel duration followed by voiced consonants is longer than those followed by voiceless consonant counterparts. This study aims to 1) study the duration of English vowels preceding voiced consonants longer than vowels preceding voiceless consonants, which are produced by L1 Thai speakers. 2) investigate the influence of English tense and lax vowels on the vowel duration ratio regarding voiced and voiceless final consonants, which are produced by L1 Thai speakers. Participants include 10 students studying at Chulalongkorn University from various faculties. The research instruments …
English Absolute Clauses In Context Of Fiction: The Study Of Unaugmented And Augmented Absolute Clauses In Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone And Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, Chayapol Khaphaeng
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study investigates the reasons for the different frequencies of unaugmented and the augmented absolutes. It also presents in-depth analyses on their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects in the context of fiction. The data were collected from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the first two books of the bestselling Harry Potter series. The findings of the study reveal that syntax, semantics, and pragmatics play an interrelated role in determining the way the absolute clauses appear in fiction. Syntactically, the structure of both unaugmented and augmented absolute clauses, with the majority of …
Digital Reading On Eil Materials For Thai Undergraduate Students, Nopphanan Adungdejjaroon
Digital Reading On Eil Materials For Thai Undergraduate Students, Nopphanan Adungdejjaroon
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This exploratory study had two research objectives. First, it aimed to investigate digital reading on EIL materials for Thai undergraduate students and, second, explore students' perceptions towards digital reading on EIL materials. The study involved two hundred and ninety-nine undergraduate students enrolled in an aviation business management program. The EIL Digital Reading Questionnaire is to collect quantitative data, while the semi-structured interview is to collect qualitative data. The result from descriptive statistics of the questionnaire and thematic analysis of the semi-interview reported that Thai undergraduate students tended to encounter, engage, and evaluate EIL materials frequently. Most of the participants strongly …
The Use Of Portfolio In Assessing English Writing Ability Of Thai Undergraduate Students, Kritsada Punyapratheep
The Use Of Portfolio In Assessing English Writing Ability Of Thai Undergraduate Students, Kritsada Punyapratheep
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This research study aimed to (1) develop the criteria of the portfolio assessment in assessing English writing ability, (2) document the progresses of the students’ English writing ability by using portfolio assessment, and (3) investigate the perceptions toward the use of portfolio assessment in assessing English writing ability in a classroom-based setting of Thai EFL undergraduate students. The 25 first-year students who had enrolled in an English foundation course offered at a public university were the participants. These participants completed two types of essays, which comprised eight drafts in total for compiling the portfolios. Reflective journals, a perception questionnaire, a …
The Effects Of Peer Feedback And Self-Regulated Learning On Thai Efl University Students’ Essay Writing Ability And Self-Regulation, Jantra Prompan
The Effects Of Peer Feedback And Self-Regulated Learning On Thai Efl University Students’ Essay Writing Ability And Self-Regulation, Jantra Prompan
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The primary objective of this mixed-method study was to explore the effectiveness of integrating peer feedback and self-regulated learning (SRL) in improving students’ essay writing ability and self-regulation. The study also investigated the relationship between students’ essay writing ability and their self-regulation, as well as explored students’ attitudes towards the intervention. During the 12-week online instruction necessitated by the pandemic crisis, a group of thirty-five 3rd year students majoring in Business English at Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University were instructed in essay writing using peer feedback activities and SRL techniques. Data collection involved an essay writing test, a self-regulation questionnaire, semi-structured …
A Study Of Students' Reading Engagement And Perception Of Eil Materials, Tayaporn Nakornsut
A Study Of Students' Reading Engagement And Perception Of Eil Materials, Tayaporn Nakornsut
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The popularity of English as an International Language has been rapidly growing, contributing EIL materials to have become more widespread in learning. This study discusses students’ reading engagement and their perception of EIL materials, which aims to (1) investigate students’ engagement in reading EIL materials, (2) explore student perception of EIL materials, and (3) explore the relationship between students’ level of reading engagement and their perception of EIL materials. 113 undergraduate students at one private college who use English as a medium for their instruction were participated in this study. A mixed-method study which Reading Engagement Questionnaire and EIL Perception …
Effects Of Structural Priming And Lexical Residual Activation On The Acquisition Of The English “Noun + Relative Clause” By L1 Chinese Learners, Xueli Li
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study investigated L1 Chinese learners’ acquisition of the English “Noun + Relative Clause” based on Structural Priming (SP) (Bock, 1986; Bock, 1989; Bock & Griffin, 2000) and Lexical Residual Activation (LRA) (Cleland, 2003; Levelt et al., 1999). It was hypothesized that, based on SP, when L1 Chinese learners were primed by the English “Noun + Relative Clause”, when the priming and the target structures shared different head nouns, they would produce more “Noun + Relative Clause” than when they were primed by the English “Adj + Noun”, and the priming effect was significant. Also, based on SP and LRA, …
Estudio De Las Barreras Lingüísticas Y Culturales De Los Estudiantes De Intercambio Tailandeses En México Y Elaboración De Materiales Audiovisuales Preparatorios, Atapon Krajangjai
Estudio De Las Barreras Lingüísticas Y Culturales De Los Estudiantes De Intercambio Tailandeses En México Y Elaboración De Materiales Audiovisuales Preparatorios, Atapon Krajangjai
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This research consists of a triple objective: 1) to study the language and cultural difficulties experienced by Thai exchange students in Mexico, 2) to analyze the causes and effects of such difficulties towards the adaptation of Thai students in Mexico, and 3) to elaborate a proposal of preparatory audiovisual materials that help these students to overcome both language and cultural barriers in Mexico. The research methodology consists of the data collection from the questionnaire taken by a sample group of 84 Thai AFS exchange students in Mexico during the academic year from 2009 to 2019, and the interviews conducted with …
การแปลคำภาษาสเปนในต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษของภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Coco เป็นภาษาไทย, อาสาฬห์ เกษตรสุนทร
การแปลคำภาษาสเปนในต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษของภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Coco เป็นภาษาไทย, อาสาฬห์ เกษตรสุนทร
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
วิทยานิพนธ์นี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษากลวิธีการแปลบทบรรยายไทยจากเสียงฉบับภาษา อังกฤษที่มีภาษาสเปนแทรก 2) วิเคราะห์ปัจจัยในการเลือกกลวิธีการแปลคำภาษาสเปนในเสียงต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษเป็นภาษาไทย 3) สำรวจความเข้าใจและความพึงพอใจของผู้ชมชาวไทยที่มีต่อกลวิธีการแปลคำภาษาสเปนแบบต่างๆในบทบรรยายของภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ จากการเก็บข้อมูลคำภาษาสเปนที่แทรกอยู่ในต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษในภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Coco (วันอลวน วิญญาณอลเวง) พบคำภาษาสเปนในต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษในภาพยนตร์ทั้งหมด 182 ครั้งซึ่งใช้กลวิธีการแปล 4 กลวิธีได้แก่ 1) การแปลแบบตรงตัว 2) การแปลแบบเอาความ 3) การละ 4) การทับศัพท์ จากการศึกษาพบว่ากลวิธีการแปลแบบตรงตัว ถูกนำมาใช้มากที่สุด 80 ครั้ง ในกรณีที่หากใช้กลวิธีการแปลแบบอื่นจะทำให้ผู้ชมชาวไทยไม่เข้าใจสิ่งที่ตัวละครพูด ส่วนการทับศัพท์เป็นกลวิธีที่สองที่พบรองลงมาทั้งหมด 61 ครั้ง โดยส่วนใหญ่ใช้ในคำเรียกญาติซึ่งมีคำที่ออกเสียงลักษณะคล้ายคำในภาษาไทยหลายคำ กลวิธีการแปลแบบเอาความถูกใช้ 38 ครั้ง ในกรณี ที่ไม่สามารถแปลตรงตัวได้ เนื่องจากไม่สื่อความหรือไม่สละสลวย และสุดท้ายกลวิธีแบบละความเป็นกลวิธีที่พบน้อยที่สุดคือ 3 ครั้ง เนื่องจากผู้แปลพยายามถ่ายทอดความหมายในต้นฉบับโดยไม่ละทิ้งไป และกรณีการละความที่พบไม่ได้ส่งผลต่อความเข้าใจเนื้อหาของผู้ชม
The Representation Of Animal And “Non-Human” Characters In Indra Sinha’S Animal’S People, Sirawit Sriphuthorn
The Representation Of Animal And “Non-Human” Characters In Indra Sinha’S Animal’S People, Sirawit Sriphuthorn
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This paper aims at examining the representation of Animal, the protagonist, and “non-human” characters in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People (2007). It discusses various ways in which the socially constructed concepts of “humanity” and “animality” are called into question and strategically deployed in the portrayal of these characters. It argues that Sinha attempts to dismantle binary thinking which not only constitutes the distinction between the human and the animal but also underpins the West’s domination of the East. More specifically, the paper argues that Animal whose deformity is caused by exposure to the toxic gas suffers from alienation—both from himself and …
An Investigation Of English Language Speaking And Writing Anxieties And Anxiety-Reducing Strategies In An Online Language Classroom Of Thai Undergraduates, Teaka Sowaprux
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study seeks to understand how the online classroom apparatus within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic affects the degree of foreign language anxiety (FLA) towards productive skills (i.e., classroom speaking and writing) among Thai learners of English in two universities. This study was based on two frameworks, namely, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) (Horwitz, Howitz & Cope, 1986) measuring classroom speaking anxiety and the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) (Cheng, 2004), which investigates writing anxiety across three factors (i.e., somatic anxiety, avoidance behavior, cognitive anxiety). The field work took place over a period of 4 months. …
Environmental Ethics, Survival And Apocalypse: An Analysis Of Margaret Atwood’S Maddaddam Trilogy, Sarawut Kururatphan
Environmental Ethics, Survival And Apocalypse: An Analysis Of Margaret Atwood’S Maddaddam Trilogy, Sarawut Kururatphan
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This thesis examines the connection of ethics and survival in the pre- and post-apocalyptic worlds in Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy: Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013). It investigates the author’s imaginings of a dystopian society marked by rampant technocratic capitalism and unchecked scientism in Oryx and Crake. Applying Murray Bookchin's social ecology to shed light on the root causes of the apocalypse, it argues that hierarchical ideology and diversiform inequality deeply rooted in society lead to warped ethics, affecting the crisis. This thesis also examines environmental ethics which is embedded in the belief …
The Use Of Corpus Consultation To Enhance The Acquisition Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements Among Low English Proficiency L1 Thai Learners, Passaraporn Suriyapee
The Use Of Corpus Consultation To Enhance The Acquisition Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements Among Low English Proficiency L1 Thai Learners, Passaraporn Suriyapee
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study aimed to investigate how the corpus-based teaching approach could enhance L2 acquisition of English infinitive and gerund complements among low English proficiency L1 Thai young learners. Sixty-four secondary students were equally divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group learned English verbal complements through the corpus approach, while the control group did through the traditional teaching approach. Data were collected through a pretest, a posttest, and an interview. The results from the pretest revealed quite low scores on English infinitive and gerund complements in both participant groups and, based on the statistical data from …
A Study Of Reading Strategies Of Emi In Science Program Thai Learners, Namfar Boonkor
A Study Of Reading Strategies Of Emi In Science Program Thai Learners, Namfar Boonkor
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study aims to 1) explore the reading strategies of EMI in science program Thai learners 2) explore students’ opinions towards the use of reading strategies in EMI context. Participants include 71 students studying at Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, the science high school located in Rayong, Thailand. The research instruments consisted of the Reading Strategies Questionnaire and the semi-structure interview. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and content analysis. The results from the questionnaire showed that the students reported overall medium frequency of reading strategy use. The most used reading strategies were cognitive strategies, followed by metacognitive strategies, while the …
การศึกษากลวิธีการแปลข้ามวัฒนธรรมจากภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาสเปน ในบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์ชุดเรื่องตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช ภาค 1 องค์ประกันหงสา, พิชญาภา ปัญญาศิริ
การศึกษากลวิธีการแปลข้ามวัฒนธรรมจากภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาสเปน ในบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์ชุดเรื่องตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช ภาค 1 องค์ประกันหงสา, พิชญาภา ปัญญาศิริ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
วิทยานิพนธ์เล่มนี้นำเสนอกลวิธีการแปลข้ามวัฒนธรรมจากภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาสเปนในบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์ชุดเรื่องตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช ภาค 1 องค์ประกันหงสา โดยวิเคราะห์เปรียบเทียบกรณีการแปลคำศัพท์ทางวัฒนธรรม 60 คำที่ปรากฏในบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์ภาษาสเปนดังกล่าวเพื่อระบุกลวิธีที่ผู้แปลใช้ในการแปล และวิเคราะห์ประสิทธิภาพในการสื่อความหมายของ คำแปลที่ได้ จากการศึกษาพบว่า คำศัพท์ทางวัฒนธรรมที่พบมีทั้งหมด 6 หมวดหมู่ ได้แก่ หมวดนิเวศวิทยา หมวดวัตถุ หมวดการเมืองการปกครอง หมวดการงาน หมวดความเชื่อและศาสนา และหมวดชื่อสถานที่ และกลวิธีที่ผู้แปลเลือกใช้มีทั้งหมด 5 กลวิธี ได้แก่ การทับศัพท์ การใช้คำที่เป็นที่รู้จักแล้วในภาษาปลายทาง การแทนที่ด้วยคำเทียบเท่าทางวัฒนธรรม การสร้างความเทียบเท่าด้านการใช้งาน และการตัดออก โดยพบว่ากลวิธีที่มีการใช้มากที่สุดในการแปลคำทางวัฒนธรรมทุกหมวด ยกเว้นหมวดชื่อสถานที่ คือกลวิธีการสร้างความเทียบเท่าด้านการใช้งาน และปัจจัยที่ผู้แปลคำนึงถึงในการเลือกใช้กลวิธีการแปลคือการสื่อความหมายและการแปลให้อยู่ในหลักเกณฑ์ของบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์ ผู้วิจัยยังได้วิเคราะห์ประสิทธิภาพในการสื่อความหมายของคำแปลที่ได้จากแต่ละกลวิธี โดยจำแนกระดับความเทียบเท่าของความหมายที่เกิดขึ้นออกเป็น 3 ระดับ ได้แก่ ระดับความหมายอ้างถึง ระดับความหมายที่เข้าใจได้จากบริบทประกอบ ระดับความหมายที่เทียบเท่ากันเฉพาะด้านการใช้งาน และสรุปได้ว่าประสิทธิภาพของแต่ละกลวิธีขึ้นอยู่กับว่าผู้แปลเลือกใช้กลวิธีนั้นกับคำศัพท์ในหมวดหมู่ใด และคำแปลนั้นสามารถรักษาใจความสำคัญของเนื้อเรื่องในภาพยนตร์ ตลอดจนรักษาความเข้ากันกับบริบทและภาพที่ปรากฏในฉากนั้น ๆ ของภาพยนตร์ได้หรือไม่ วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้จะเป็นประโยชน์สำหรับผู้ที่สนใจศึกษาเกี่ยวกับกลวิธีการแปลคำศัพท์ทางวัฒนธรรมหรือกำลังหาแนวทางการแปลคำศัพท์ทางวัฒนธรรม โดยเฉพาะในรูปแบบบทบรรยายภาพยนตร์
Structural Priming And The Acquisition Of English Dative Constructions By L1 Thai Learners, Jaturaporn Kongbang
Structural Priming And The Acquisition Of English Dative Constructions By L1 Thai Learners, Jaturaporn Kongbang
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The purpose of the present study is to examine whether structural priming can facilitate L1 Thai learners’ acquisition of English dative constructions, both English DO construction and English PO construction and to investigate whether different priming conditions have different learning effects on L1 Thai learners’ acquisition of English dative constructions. The first hypothesis states that the L1 Thai learners produce English dative constructions, both DO construction and PO construction, at higher rates after receiving the structural priming experiments. However, the similar structure, i.e. the English PO construction is used more frequently than the different structure, i.e. the English DO construction. …
Lexical Bundles In Mainstream Movie'and Noah Baumbach's Selected Film Scripts: A Corpus-Based Study Of Telecinematic Discourse, Runze Xu
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The present study aims to investigate and compare language use in film scripts of American mainstream movies and in Noah Baumbach's, focusing on lexical bundles and their functional contributions to meanings and aesthetic values of the given texts. Two corpora were compiled as the datasets: Mainstream Film Corpus (MFC), which consists of 100 screenplays of top Hollywood blockbusters during 2005-2019, and Noah Baumbach Corpus (NBC), which contains five film scripts written by Noah Baumbach alone. Frequent four-word lexical bundles were extracted and approached qualitatively in terms of their functions, following Biber et al. (2004) and Biber (2006) as analytical frameworks. …
The Transfer Of Expressive Meaning In The Translation Of Thai Amplifiers In The Literary Works Into English, Maliwan Bunsorn
The Transfer Of Expressive Meaning In The Translation Of Thai Amplifiers In The Literary Works Into English, Maliwan Bunsorn
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study explores cross-language intensification in affirmative sentences by examining the translation of standard and strong amplifiers, words that scale upward from an assumed norm to emphasize a quality of any entities, from Thai into English, the types of shifts involved, as well as similarities and differences in the translation of amplifiers by native and non-native translators. The data comprises 1,254 source text amplifiers, which were drawn from a corpus of eight works of fiction in Thai and their English translations translated by professional translators. Research inquiries were made with two translators to identify decisions behind their translations. The analysis …
A Study Of Chinese Young Learners' Beliefs In Eil Project-Based Language Learning In Rural Schools, Xiaoli Zheng
A Study Of Chinese Young Learners' Beliefs In Eil Project-Based Language Learning In Rural Schools, Xiaoli Zheng
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study explored learners' beliefs about English as an international language through project-based language learning in a Chinese rural school. Three English teachers and 102 Grade 6 Chinese EFL learners participated over two separate phases. Phase I explored how teachers implemented the project-based language learning via classroom observation and semi-structured interviews. The findings from this phase were used to construct the six aspects of the EIL project-based language learning questionnaire in Phase 2. The questionnaire was developed to explore learners beliefs about EIL and project-based language learning in a Chinese rural school. The questionnaire revealed that the learners strongly believed …
Effects Of Working Memory On Structural Competition In Processing English Present Tense Morphology By L1 Thai Learners, Sonthaya Rattanasak
Effects Of Working Memory On Structural Competition In Processing English Present Tense Morphology By L1 Thai Learners, Sonthaya Rattanasak
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
In the course of second language (L2) acquisition, L2 grammatical processing is often found to be dissimilar to that of native speakers, and nonnative processing difficulties have been attributed to various sources. In the realms of agreement processing, whether both first language (L1) and L2 linguistic systems are co-activated simultaneously within a bilingual mind during grammatical processing remains an active question in language sciences. This study examined individual differences in terms of working memory capacity and distance-based complexity in L2 agreement processing. In two word-by-word self-paced reading experiments, a total of 80 agreement-lacking Thai learners of L2 English and 80 …
A Learner Corpus-Based Study On The Use Of Spoken Discourse Markers By Thai Efl Learners, Zhaoyi Pan
A Learner Corpus-Based Study On The Use Of Spoken Discourse Markers By Thai Efl Learners, Zhaoyi Pan
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This research investigated and compared the use of English spoken discourse markers by Thai EFL learners and by native English speakers. Six English spoken discourse markers, namely like, so, well, you know, I think and I mean, are compared in two aspects: frequency and pragmatic function. A total of 60 learners were involved in the research: 30 Thai B1-level learners and 30 Thai C1-level EFL learners according to the CEFR standard. Spoken data in the genre of English daily conversation was collected and transcribed into written form to build a learner corpus for the analysis. The research examined the significant …
Systematicity Of L1 Thai Learners’ L2 English Interlanguage Of ‘Wish-Clauses’, Rawisiree Suteerapongsit
Systematicity Of L1 Thai Learners’ L2 English Interlanguage Of ‘Wish-Clauses’, Rawisiree Suteerapongsit
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The current study aimed to investigate the production of L2 English ‘wish-clauses’ by L1 Thai learners, based on the Interlanguage Hypothesis (Corder, 1981; Selinker, 1972, 1992). It was hypothesized that L1 Thai learners showed systematicity in their interlanguage in the use of ‘wish-clauses’ and that their IL was shaped by language transfer and transfer of training, which are among the psychological processes of IL construction. English ‘wish-clauses’ examined in the study were three types of hypothetical or counterfactual wish: wish about the present, wish about the past, and wish about the future. A Cloze Test and a Situation Task were …
The Effects Of Project-Based Writing Instruction On Writing Ability And Critical Thinking Skills Of Thai Efl Undergraduate Students, Apapan Ruengkul
The Effects Of Project-Based Writing Instruction On Writing Ability And Critical Thinking Skills Of Thai Efl Undergraduate Students, Apapan Ruengkul
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This present study aimed to (1) investigate the effects of project-based writing instruction on writing ability of Thai EFL undergraduate students, (2) examine the effects of project-based writing instruction on critical thinking skills of Thai EFL undergraduate students, and (3) explore the attitudes of Thai EFL undergraduate students towards project-based writing instruction. This study employed a mixed-method research design with a one-group, pre-test-post-test design to collect both quantitative data and qualitative data. The study participants were 24 first-year undergraduate students at Srinakharinwirot University. Five research instruments were created to elicit data including the pre-test and post-test of writing ability and …
Semiotic Landscape Of Bangkok Sex Tourism Spaces, Joey Andrew Lucido Santos
Semiotic Landscape Of Bangkok Sex Tourism Spaces, Joey Andrew Lucido Santos
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Sex tourism, though a potentially significant site of investigation, has received limited scholarly attention in the semiotic landscape research in the past two decades. Addressing this gap, I interrogate the discursive construction of Bangkok sex tourism spaces focusing on Silom areas, Cowboy alley, Nana Plaza. The study aims to identify the patterns of linguistic and semiotic choices in sexed signs, analyze the role of linguistic and semiotic resources in indexing gender and sexuality, and investigate the discursive construction of Bangkok sex tourism spaces. The data comprised 122 photographed sexed signs. I also did the non-participant observation in the areas investigated …
The Effects Of Project-Based Drama Approach Via Blended Learning Environment On Thai Efl Undergraduated Student's Speaking Skills, Tunyaphoom Phu-Ngamthong
The Effects Of Project-Based Drama Approach Via Blended Learning Environment On Thai Efl Undergraduated Student's Speaking Skills, Tunyaphoom Phu-Ngamthong
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The objectives of this study were 1) to examine the effectiveness of project-based drama approach via blended learning environment on English speaking skills, and 2) to investigate the students’ opinions towards project-based drama approach via blended learning environment on English speaking skills.The framework was derived from the combination of three models; Teaching English through Drama for Oral Skills Model, the Project-Based Learning framework, and the Blended Learning Model. The study was conducted face-to-face and online for 14 consecutive weeks in the second semester of Academic Year of 2020 at Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University. The participants were 51 third-year students who …
The Effects Of A Project-Based Blended Learning With Communication Strategy Instruction On English Oral Communication Ability And Learner Autonomy Of Undergraduate Engineering Students, Pichai Pinphet
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Thai undergraduate engineering students seem to have difficulty mastering English oral communication ability and learner autonomy. This study investigated the effects of a project-based blended learning with communication strategy instruction model to develop English oral communication ability and learner autonomy of undergraduate engineering students. Four communication strategies, namely asking for clarification, asking for confirmation, circumlocution, and use of fillers and hesitation devices, and the ways to conduct the independent project, were taught to 20 undergraduate Engineering students in a face-to-face environment. The students carried out their online tasks and an independent project via social platforms (e.g., Facebook, Skype, etc.). Quantitative …