Nitaya Weawong. Native English Speaking Teachers' Beliefs about Difficulties in Teaching English to Thai Learners. Master's Degree(Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2007.
Native English Speaking Teachers' Beliefs about Difficulties in Teaching English to Thai Learners
Abstract:
This study alms to investigate native English speaking teachers' beliefs about
difficulties in teaching English to Thai learners. The data were collected from 34 native
English speaking teachers who are employed by a private language school in Bangkok,
Thailand. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument. It consists of 2 parts i.e.
closed-ended questions by using rating scales and open-ended questions. The results
revealed that the participants believed that teaching English for Thai learners tended to
be easy. However, there were some difficulties that the participants encountered,
namely characteristics of Thai learners, Thai educational system, teaching techniques,
classroom management, school management and culture differences. Additionally, the
participants suggested some useful solutions for other native English speaking teachers
and they also commented concern Thai educational system as well.