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Pariwat Imsa-ard – rEFLections, 2025
Recently, there has been a rapid growth in the number of studies related to emotions and positive psychology constructs in language teaching and learning. However, there is scant research in the context of low exposure to English. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the relationship between Thai EFL secondary school learners' L2 positive and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Usage
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Zhao, Jian Jun; Dersingh, Rachanee – THAITESOL Journal, 2022
Willingness to communicate (WTC) is the construct of a language learner's readiness to communicate with a specific person using the target language at a particular time (MacIntyre et al, 1998). This study aimed to investigate Chinese English learners' WTC in an international school in Thailand. The study used semi-structured interviews to identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Siridetkoon, Pitchayapa; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2018
This study explores the motivation of five university students who simultaneously studied L2 English and additional L3s (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) in a language specialist major in a Thai university. It aims to start filling the gap in research on the motivation of multiple language learners across their different languages. The findings show…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Learning Motivation, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Nilubol, Kittichai – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
This mixed method research aimed to: (a) investigate the practical ways that mothe rtongue language (L1) can be used to facilitate teaching and learning in an English speaking classroom context and in high level education for public university undergraduates; (b) explore how public university undergraduates use their L1 to help them study in…
Descriptors: Thai, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Phothongsunan, Sureepong – Arab World English Journal, 2019
The objectives of this study are to investigate a group of 14 Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' views on their learning context outside the classroom and the extent to which it has an influence on their English learning in their tertiary education. From the language classroom comes further the wider social context of university in…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ayuthaya, Jaruda Rajani Na – rEFLections, 2018
The changing of the English profile to English as an International Language (EIL) has broadened the definition of competent users of English around the world to include the ability to shuffle between English in local contexts (Canagarajah, 2013). However, Thai EFL learners continue to show an inability to understand and use English in…
Descriptors: Singing, Profiles, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction