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Beliefs And Opinions About English Writing Of Students At A Thai University, Watana Padgate
Beliefs And Opinions About English Writing Of Students At A Thai University, Watana Padgate
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This study explored college students' beliefs and opinions about the necessity of writing skills in an EFL (English as a foreign language) context, problems and level of difficulty in English, and the students' experience in Thai composition and opinions about the benefits of writing Thai compositions on writing in English. The participants were students from Naresuan University, Thailand, consisting of 40 English-majored students and 239 non-English-majored students. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The findings revealed that both groups of students realized the significance of English writing and thought that it should be required for all students. However, …
Using Portfolio Assessment In Course Evaluation, Pamararat Wiriyakarun
Using Portfolio Assessment In Course Evaluation, Pamararat Wiriyakarun
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Recently, portfolio assessment has become popular in language education as an alternative in language assessment, since it allows for the possibility of assessing various complex and important constructs in language learning, such as the progress and achievements of individual learners. It can, moreover, evaluate not only the growth of individuals but also the effectiveness of a particular course or program. This paper discusses concept of portfolio assessment, followed by the demonstration of the design, implementation, and assessment of two basic types of portfolios-process and product portfolios. The paper concludes with the application of portfolio assessment in course evaluation.
The Development Of An Intensive English Course For Buddhist Missionary Monks Using Task--Based Instruction, Nopphawan Chimroylarp
The Development Of An Intensive English Course For Buddhist Missionary Monks Using Task--Based Instruction, Nopphawan Chimroylarp
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The study was aimed at developing an intensive English course for Buddhist missionary monks using taskbased instruction, studying the effects of task-based instruction on the learning outcomes of the students as well as exploring their views on TBI. The subjects of the study were thirty students selected from a class of the Buddhist missionary monk training program, and they were to provide the quantitative data. Twenty students, selected based on their pre--test scores as the representatives of the high ability group and the low ability group, provided qualitative data by writing logs during the course and being interviewed at the …
Articles A Test Taker-Centered Computer-Based Writing Test : Meeting Half Way In The Assessment Of Writing, Tanyaporn Arya, Kanchana Prapphal
Articles A Test Taker-Centered Computer-Based Writing Test : Meeting Half Way In The Assessment Of Writing, Tanyaporn Arya, Kanchana Prapphal
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Lack of resources and of the opportunity to produce drafts often leaves EFL learners at a disadvantage during writing tests. This paper reports on a study exploring the effects of provided facilitative features and prescribed drafting in a computer-based writing test on test takers writing performance scores. Participants were one hundred forty-four Thai EFL undergraduate students being required to write argumentative essays. The study employs a two-bytwo factorial pretest posttest control group design. Data analyses included the use of the two-way analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis H and Mann-Whitney U tests. Results suggest that these two factors could potentially be included …
Reading Portfolio Assessment : The Case Of Taiwan Efl Learners, Chin Min Lin
Reading Portfolio Assessment : The Case Of Taiwan Efl Learners, Chin Min Lin
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The study is intended to find out the effects of reading portfolio assessment and students' perceptions of the implementation in Taiwan. The subjects are a class of third-year junior college students who take an EFL reading class with the researcher. The experimental period lasts one semester.
Are They Making An Appropriate Decision? Implications From Bachman's Assessment Use Argument, Yj-Ching Pan
Are They Making An Appropriate Decision? Implications From Bachman's Assessment Use Argument, Yj-Ching Pan
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Tests do not occur in a vacuum; they have farreaching and unanticipated consequences. Tests have an effect not only on traditional teaching practices in the classroom but also on the broader educational and societal contexts. Examples are the selection of candidates for education, the monitoring of the performance of schools, the distribution of funding and even societal issues such as the selection of employees and candidates for immigration, citizenship and asylum. Given the potential power of tests, it is essential to justify test use and investigate its consequences. The primary goal of this paper is to utilize Bachman's assessment use …
Learner Narratives And The Writing Curriculum: A Study Of The Strategic Rhetoric, Anil Pathak
Learner Narratives And The Writing Curriculum: A Study Of The Strategic Rhetoric, Anil Pathak
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Replacing the traditional view of the curriculum as a statement of what should be done in a course of study, the learner-centered curriculum takes as its starting point what is done by language teachers in their classes. In an attempt to develop a negotiated model in which the curriculum is seen as a collaboration between teachers and students, this project aims at analysis of learner narratives focusing on theirself-concept (metacognitive knowledge) as writers. The research aims to focus on the premise that as a cohesive group, learners do try to assert power that can potentially transform teaching-learning activities. In this …
The Figgerin' Of Aunt Wilma: A Literary Analysis Of The Narration, Poonyasika A. Abhayakul
The Figgerin' Of Aunt Wilma: A Literary Analysis Of The Narration, Poonyasika A. Abhayakul
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This paper presents a literary discourse analysis of a short story by an American humorist following Austin's Speech Act Theory as refined by John R. Searle and further elaborated by Brown and Levinson (1999). The text was found to be organized in the typical five-point (abstract, orientation, complicating action, evaluation, and resolution) format expounded by Labov (1972) and Traugott and Pratt (1980). The role of characters in the text was also analyzed and discussed using Fillmore's (1968) Case Grammar as further developed by Grimshaw (1990), among others. The narrator's point of view in this text was found to surreptitiously elicit …
Lessons Learned Through Hong Kong- Thailand English Excursions, Kenneth Murray, Sujitra Pathurnlungkar
Lessons Learned Through Hong Kong- Thailand English Excursions, Kenneth Murray, Sujitra Pathurnlungkar
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Why Having Overseas Excursions for English Students?
English Next By David Graddol, Suriyan Panlay
English Next By David Graddol, Suriyan Panlay
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What makes this British Council commissioned report so fascinating is how the notion of 'global English' is explored in connection with international, economic, technological and cultural changes, and how these changes, in turn, could weaken the 'unassailable' position of English as the language of the world market.
Student Impressions Of Portfolio Assessment: A Thai Case Study, Sornchoen Honsa Jr., Pongrat Ratanapinyowong, Salee Kiewkarnka, Anchalee Sattayatham
Student Impressions Of Portfolio Assessment: A Thai Case Study, Sornchoen Honsa Jr., Pongrat Ratanapinyowong, Salee Kiewkarnka, Anchalee Sattayatham
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This paper reports on a case study into a pilot introduction of portfolio assessment and what student impressions and suggestions regarding this alternative form of assessment were among a group of students studying the Introductory English II course in the faculties of Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Mahidol University. Questionnaires used revealed: (1) the most popular learning style was in a whole class with a teacher; (2) most students thought speaking skills were most important but that many also thought listening skills were most important; (3) watching UBC programs with worksheets was ranked the most popular listening activity by the largest …
Academic Writing Development As A Socialization Process: Implications For Eap Education In Japan, Mayurni Fujioka
Academic Writing Development As A Socialization Process: Implications For Eap Education In Japan, Mayurni Fujioka
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In spite of the increasing demand for courses that assist Japanese students to have successful academic experiences in their overseas studies, little is known about what is needed to ensure success in students' studies abroad and how to better prepare them for their future academic experiences overseas. Given the emphasis on writing placed in academia, this paper focuses on academic writing and views academic writing development as a socialization process into academic communities. In order to find what the academic literacy socialization process entails, previous studies on students' academic literacy socialization processes in North American university settings were reviewed, and …
An Exploratory Study Of Corrective Feedback In A Thai Efl Writing Class, Thanisa Choornbala
An Exploratory Study Of Corrective Feedback In A Thai Efl Writing Class, Thanisa Choornbala
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Although a large number of studies have focused on oral corrective feedback in communicative classes, comparatively, few have focused on the corrective feedback devices used in writing classes. Whenever emphasis has been placed on the corrective feedback employed in writing classes, the focus has primarily been on the written corrective feedback. Where oral corrective feedback employed in writing classes serves as the research focus, the context has mostly been teacher-student conferences. This study attempts to shed more light on the usage of the different kinds of corrective feedback devices during teacherfronted class sessions. It investigates the corrective feedback usage of …
Predictors Of Test Performance In English For Consumer Product Marketing, Nisa Vongpadungkiat, Kanchana Prapphal
Predictors Of Test Performance In English For Consumer Product Marketing, Nisa Vongpadungkiat, Kanchana Prapphal
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This study aimed to investigate (1) the relationships between three selected variables (formal content study, English language attainment, and overall academic achievement) and performance in the Reading Test of English for Consumer Product Marketing (RT-ECPM), (2) the extent to which the three variables can predict the RT-ECPM scores, and (3) the test takers' attitudes towards the test. The two research instruments employed were the RT-ECPM and an attitude questionnaire for test takers. The subjects were 133 fourth-year university students from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy majoring in Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University. The study revealed that all selected variables …
A Special Talk With Dr. Hayo Reinders
A Special Talk With Dr. Hayo Reinders
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Talking about different modes of learning, do you think there is anything that differentiates learning a computer game from learning to speak a foreign language?
A Special Talk With Professor Leo Van Lier Graduate School Of Language And Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute Of International Studies
A Special Talk With Professor Leo Van Lier Graduate School Of Language And Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute Of International Studies
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Presumably there is more than a metaphor behind the ecological approach to language learning. What theory of language is behind the ecological approach to language learning?
Web-Based Instruction (For Teaching/Learning English) Evaluation, Suphat Sukamolson
Web-Based Instruction (For Teaching/Learning English) Evaluation, Suphat Sukamolson
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With the ever increasing significance of the Internet and the World Wide Web in the present Age of Information Technology and Communication taken into account, the author of this paper discusses the evaluation of web-based instruction (WBI) for teaching and learning of English. He also proposes a WBI Evaluation Form which can be of great use for English teachers who are considering venturing into the computerized world of language teaching.
Idea Sharing: Teaching Entertainment Or A Second Language?: Reflections On Learner Expectation And Learner Behavior In And Out Of The Classroom, Phil Stokes
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I make two explicit assumptions and two unfashionable arguments in this paper. The first assumption is that learning a skill necessarily involves repetition, and repetition is boring. The second assumption is that mastering a skill requires a certain discipline of patience, dedication and practice, and that mistakes and 'failures' are an inevitable part of the learning process. From these assumptions I argue first, somewhat unfashionably, that students should not be misled into expecting all language learning to be 'fun'; believing that one can master a second language by only playing games and engaging in ever-entertaining activities is, I argue, counter-productive …
Teaching Communicative English Skills Through Video, Daphne Liu-Yi
Teaching Communicative English Skills Through Video, Daphne Liu-Yi
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An Investigation Of Listening Proficiency Levels In English For Service And Hospitality Industry Of Thai Students In Public And Private Universities, Wannana Soontornnaruerangsee
An Investigation Of Listening Proficiency Levels In English For Service And Hospitality Industry Of Thai Students In Public And Private Universities, Wannana Soontornnaruerangsee
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The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate graduating students' listening ability in English for service and hospitality industry, (2) to find the cut-off scores for eight levels of the listening ability, and (3) to find ability descriptors for each level of the listening ability. The subjects in this study included the interviewee group and the test taker group. The former consisted of hotel personnel, Heads of Tourism and Hotel Industry Department and teachers from selected public and private universities, specialists in ESP test development, and hotel guests; the latter group consisted of students, majoring in tourism and hotel …
Macmillan Books For Teachers (Series Editor: Adrian Underhill), Michael Alroe
Macmillan Books For Teachers (Series Editor: Adrian Underhill), Michael Alroe
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Perhaps like me, you occasionally have the chance to browse some of the numerous academic journals devoted to EFL, ESL and CALL. Normally, your time will have been devoured by competing demands of preparation, teaching, correction, consultation and collaboration. But sometimes, between semesters or after exams you are troubled by the realization that your teaching methods have been running on automatic for quite some time and you feel you ought to be refueling from that growing body of academic research you believe is constantly generating new insights into how to teach English. And for your own sake, and. that of …
Cull Instructors' Use Of And Attitudes Toward The Self-Access Learning Center, Pornpim Kusiripanth
Cull Instructors' Use Of And Attitudes Toward The Self-Access Learning Center, Pornpim Kusiripanth
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Learner autonomy should be promoted in order that students can learn more by themselves. Teachers play very significant roles in guiding students to this rather new concept. The Self-Access Learning Center at CULI can be a good start for English teachers to enhance the concept of learner autonomy to CU students. However, it seems that both the teachers and students here have not been motivated enough to use the center. The current study shows that most instructors at CULI believe that the SALC has an important role in promoting independent learning and students should be encouraged to come and work …
What Is Happening To What Was Happened?, Nirada Simargool
What Is Happening To What Was Happened?, Nirada Simargool
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Unaccusative verbs such as happen, occur, and appear are intransitive verbs that have theme subjects and are particularly prone to passivization by EFL learners. Some scholars attribute this to L1 influence, some attribute it to learners not distinguishing between transitive and unaccusative verbs, and others attribute it to the absence of an agent or the presence of a theme object. Like other research, this study shows that Thai students produce passive unaccusative constructions for more than one reason.
A Special Talk With David Nunan Chair Professor Of Applied Linguistics And Director Of The English Centre, University Of Hong Kong
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As program developers and language instructors are trying to find alternative methods to assess learners' learning progress and language achievement, could you briefly share with our readers your experience with portfolio assessments in your work in Hong Kong?
Learning Strategies And Student Performance On A Computer-Based English Listening Test, Chatraporn Piamsai
Learning Strategies And Student Performance On A Computer-Based English Listening Test, Chatraporn Piamsai
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This study aimed to investigate how Thai advanced and non-advanced university students used cognitive and metacognitive strategies when performing a computer-based listening test, and whether there were relationships between the strategies employed and their performances on the test. The subjects were fourth-year Chulalongkorn University students. The instruments included a computer-based listening test, questionnaires and interviews. The computer based listening test was created based on the frameworks derived from analyses of the listening constructs. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to analyze the data. The strategies used by the more proficient group and those used by the less proficient were …
Thai University Students' Variables As The Predictors Of Computer-Based Test Performance, Prateep Kiratibodee
Thai University Students' Variables As The Predictors Of Computer-Based Test Performance, Prateep Kiratibodee
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This article aims at studying (1) the relationships between three selected variables (computer attitudes, computer anxiety, and computer familiarity) and reading comprehension Computer- Based Test (CBT) performance of Thai students and (2) the extent to which the three variables predict their reading comprehension CBT scores. A correlational study was conducted. The data were collected from 90 undergraduate Thai students. They are assigned to three groups of high, average and low English language ability. Two research instruments of this study are a questionnaire and a reading comprehension CBT. The findings indicated that computer attitudes and computer anxiety are significantly correlated with …
Analysis Pf The Language In Titles Of Research Articles In Medical Sciences, Phan Banpho
Analysis Pf The Language In Titles Of Research Articles In Medical Sciences, Phan Banpho
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The purpose of this study was to investigate types, components, length, and inner elements of titles of research articles in medical sciences, including nursing science. A corpus of 992 research titles in four leading journals, from 2003 to 2005, was analyzed. Research instruments were four computer programs: the Microsoft Word for word count, Microsoft Excel for data preparation, a concordancing program for displaying concordances of the required words, and SPSS for calculating the mean and standard deviation. This analysis found that most research titles (96.17%) were indicative, and only 3.83% were informative titles. Three hundred and twenty one (33.65%) indicative …
Proper And Improper Behaviors / Conducts Of Efl Instructors As Perceived By English-Majored Students, Kriengsukdi Syananondh, Watana Padgate
Proper And Improper Behaviors / Conducts Of Efl Instructors As Perceived By English-Majored Students, Kriengsukdi Syananondh, Watana Padgate
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This research paper reports proper and improper behaviors / conducts of EFL instructors as perceived by the fourth-year English major students at a large Thai university in order to help enhance English learning success and avoid poor learning achievement. Creating a low-anxiety classroom atmosphere is clearly an important prerequisite to language learning success. The findings have serious implications for EFL instructors. It is expected that this information may be able to help EFL students and instructors to cope with existing difficulties and anxiety-provoking situations and endeavor to make the learning context less stressful and more pleasurable.
Idea Sharing: Using Tales To Teach Efl Students With Low Levels Of English Language Proficiency, Kevin Dempsey, Martin Murray
Idea Sharing: Using Tales To Teach Efl Students With Low Levels Of English Language Proficiency, Kevin Dempsey, Martin Murray
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Idea Sharing: Experiences Introducing An Internet-Based English Course, Willard Van De Bogart
Idea Sharing: Experiences Introducing An Internet-Based English Course, Willard Van De Bogart
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This paper focuses on how an active learning model was applied to an internet-based course to develop English writing, problem solving, critical thinking, and literacy skills. It was found that the time needed, to evaluate student work arising from, the internet, based course was much greater than that required in the former paper based course. Based on this experience it is recommended that institutions changing over from paper based ELT materials to internet based ELT materials should really reduce class sizes.