Kittichai Nilubol. The roles of students' L1 towards the in-class support in the mainstream classroom: a case study at a Thai international school. Master's Degree(Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library. : Thammasat University, 2015.
The roles of students' L1 towards the in-class support in the mainstream classroom: a case study at a Thai international school
Abstract:
The native-speaker fever influences the expansion of international schools all over Thailand ; moreover, parents are overlooking their childrens language ability and rapidly move their children from a Thai school into an international school. The incident brought about learning difficulties to students who have low English proficiency as students language ability is related to their academic success in many aspects. This mixed method research aimed at (a) investigating the practical ways that students L1 can be used in an international school context, (b) clarifying what learning situations that international school teachers and students function the L1 in the context, (c) and exploring the attitudes of international school teachers and students towards the implementation of students L1. As the studies on the role of L1 in an international school context is important in this respect ; hence, it is needed to explore more thoroughly this issue: a careful guideline is always needed to conduct an appropriate teaching and to facilitate students learning ability. Forty students were randomly selected using simple random sampling ; while sixteen teachers were chosen purposively as the insights from the multiple angles could be discovered. Thus, five research instruments were used to collect the data in this study including: perspective questionnaire, semi-structured interview, and non-participant classroom observation. The results revealed that (1) students and teachers at the research site have different ways of thinking when they applied L1 in their lessons. (2) Reading and writing skills allowed the careful application of L1 to help students learn better. (3) Teachers use of Thai in facilitating students learning ; however, they insisted that students L1 should be purposively used only when necessary. (4) The overall students attitudes towards L1 use in their lessons went to the positive side
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