The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency of parts of speech from online Student Weekly Magazine. The setting and material of the study were 30 education news articles in seven levels from the website http://www.studentweekly.com from the 1st of October 2015 to the 30th of November 2015. The study focused on parts of speech; noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, determiner and conjunction. The data collection and analysis used frequency and percentage. The research findings showed that there were 7,800 words to analyze for parts of speech from the 30 news articles. It found that of the 7,800 words there were 3,112 nouns 3,112 equaling (40%), 1,347 verbs equaling (17%), 1,028 prepositions equaling (13%), 829 determiners equaling (11%), 708 adjectives equaling (9%), 338 pronouns equaling (4%), 232 adverbs equaling (3%), and 206 conjunctions equaling (3%). In conclusion, education news in an online Student Weekly Magazine used more nouns than other part of speech with 40%, and the lowest percentage was conjunctions for only 3%.
The purposes of this study were to investigate students’ achievement in reading comprehension taught by Content-Based Instruction (CBI) Approach and to study the attitude of students through the approach. The samples of this study were fifty of grade ten students who enrolled English course at Khowangwittayakhom School, Yasothorn. The samples were selected by a simple random sampling. The instrument used in this study consisted of ten content-based instruction lesson plans, reading pre-test and post-test, and questionnaire. The data were analyzed statistically in the form of t-test, arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The research findings as the effectiveness of English reading after using Content-Based Instruction Approach in teaching was significantly higher than before teaching at critical level 0.05 and the students’ attitude toward using Content-Based Instruction Approach was at a good level.
The purpose of this study aimed to1) promote students’ ability in learning new vocabulary through pop songs and 2) to investigate students’ opinions toward using pop songs in learning new vocabulary of grade 10 students at YangchumnoiPittayakom school, in Yangchumnoi district of Sisaket province. The sample who participated in this study were 40 grade 10 students at YangchumnoiPittayakom school derived by purposive sampling technique. The instruments were pretest and posttest, lesson plans and a questionnaire which was used to find the student’s opinions towards using pop songs method. The data collection were analyzed with the mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research finding of the study showed that teaching through pop songs increased students’ vocabulary ability for foreign language learners with significant value at .01 level. The students had the positive opinions toward using pop songs methods. It also revealed that the pop song technique was an effective tool to promote students’ vocabulary ability, made students cheerfully participate in class and increased motivation in learning English.
This qualitative research study examines 158 Thai EFL, 3rd-year, undergraduate students’ perceptions of Thai English teachers (TETs) and Native English teachers (NETs). The purposive convenience sample was three English-major cohorts studying at UBRU, Thailand. A content analysis of 158 ‘Compare and Contrast’ essays entitled ‘Thai English Teachers and Native English teachers’ was conducted and followed repetitive reading and coding of the data. The initial twenty-four identified codes were collapsed into five code groups. These groups were then collapsed further into two emerging themes. The research indicates that the students prefer NETs when learning Listening, Speaking and Writing skills and preferred TETs when learning Grammar. The students also clearly indicated a preference for the varied, interactive activity based teaching methods employed by NETs over the didactic, textbook, gramma-translation methods used by the TETs. The limited use of L1 in the EFL classroom was perceived as appropriate because it enabled understanding of complicated grammar concepts. It also reduced students’ interactive anxiety. The students did however indicate a preference for NETs when their perceived proficiency levels are higher. This study should aid readers understanding of Thai EFL undergraduate students and inform teaching staff about important considerations when developing EFL educational programmes in Thailand.
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