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Pajaree Buasomboon; Nattama Pongpairoj – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The present continuous tense can be problematic among L1 Thai learners due to the variation in contexts in which the tense can be used (Boonjoon, 2017; Khattiya, 2018; Kongthai, 2015). The present study aimed to examine the functional use of the English present continuous tense by L1 Thai learners under the theoretical framework of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thai, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hsu, Wenhua – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
This research aimed to establish a pedagogically useful list of the most frequent opaque idioms in English news. It began by compiling an idiom search list from six prestigious idiom dictionaries. Through a set of criteria, 4,864 semantically non-compositional idioms were culled as search entries to interrogate the News on the Web (NOW)…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, News Media, Language Usage, English Language Learners
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Pongpol Suansri; Supong Tangkiengsirisin – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The rising status of English as a global language prompts a call for a paradigm shift in English language teaching in order to correspond to the new sociolinguistic landscape. However, studies related to English language assessment, which can catalyze the transformation especially in a test-oriented context like Thailand, remain limited. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Secondary School Teachers, Language Usage
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Azkiyah, Siti Nurul; Rahmawati, Yenny; Shohibussirri, M.; Nisa, Yunita Faela; Sunengsih, Neneng; Mukminin, Amirul – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
Many studies acknowledge that English proficiency contributes to academic performance, eventually affecting one's career. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate whether English proficiency (EPT) could predict students' academic performance at a state Islamic university in Indonesia. A quantitative approach was used, in which the data of…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Munalim, Leonardo; Tuttle, Betty; Genuino, Cecilia – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2021
With an exhaustive survey of published studies, we found that no attempts have been made to analyze classroom talks between Filipino teachers and Korean students of English in online ESL classes. The reason may be attributed to the arduous labor of transcribing and analyzing the data both macro- and microscopically. This lacuna may have provided…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Thomas, Nathan – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
Classroom assessment practices can be confusing for many teachers. Terminology is numerous and elusive. Different types of assessment serve different purposes. This short discussion paper's contribution originates from my own attempt to determine whether analytic scales would be more appropriate than holistic scales for assessing the L2 writing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation
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Özkan, Yonca – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This study, focusing on reflectivity in language teacher education, was conducted with the participation of 35 preservice teachers studying at the ELT Department of Cukurova University, Turkey, in 2017-2018 academic year. The study examined the effects of jargon books (JBs) on preservice language teachers by delving into levels of reflectivity.…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kampittayakul, Tassanee – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2019
In line with the Global Englishes principle, translanguaging, the most recent extension of codeswitching, plays a crucial role in English language teaching since translanguaging is seen as an effective tool for communicating. This paper reports the findings of an observational study aimed at investigating the use of translanguaging to foster…
Descriptors: Role, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Okyar, Hatice; Eksi, Gonca – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2019
This study investigates the role of peer interaction (PI) and peer corrective feedback (PCF) in developing EFL learners' grammatical competence regarding simple past tense. It is based on training university-level English preparatory class students in Turkey to interact with their peers and give oral corrective feedback to each other's target…
Descriptors: Grammar, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Sudajit-apa, Melada – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2017
Analyzing discourses can shed light on language as a social semiotic system, the construction of identity and the operations of ideology and power. The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, it aims to unveil Thai fourth-year English-major students' utilization of lexical choices with connotations that enact the identities of the Baan Nontapum…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Disabilities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Keawchaum, Raksina; Pongpairoj, Nattama – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2017
This study investigated how frequency influenced acquisition of L2 English infinitive and gerund complements among L1 Thai learners. Participants were separated into low and high proficiency groups based on their CU-TEP scores. Each group consisted of 30 participants. Data were collected using the Word Selection Task (WST) and the Grammaticality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
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Skier, Jason; Vibulphol, Jutarat – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2016
While corpus linguistics has been applied towards many specific academic purposes, reports are few regarding its use to facilitate learning of legal English by non-native English speakers. Specialized corpora are required because legal English often differs significantly from ordinary usage, with words such as bar, motion, and hearing having…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chansri, Charinee; Wasanasomsithi, Punchalee – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2016
The present study aimed to investigate the extent to which a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) course at university level in Thailand improves undergraduate Agricultural students' writing ability, agricultural content, and cultural knowledge. The study sample consisted of 27 students majoring in Agriculture at a public university in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Content
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Marina, Olga A.; Rajprasit, Krich – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
Communication mobility has been suggested as an element of the complex construct of professional communicative competence, with a shared core of English in the oral mode, for professional international communication. This study aims (1) to investigate the possible correlation between the perceived level of communication mobility, and the influence…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage