Unlocking the Thai Speaking Ability of Foreign Students Through the Use of Flip
Keywords:
Flip, Thai speaking ability, Foreign studentsAbstract
This study aimed to: 1) analyze the Thai speaking ability of foreign students through the use of Flip (a Microsoft-owned video discussion tool that is available for free usage in classroom settings) 2) examine the effectiveness of using Flip on Thai speaking ability of foreign students and 3) investigate foreign students’ perceptions towards Thai speaking instruction using Flip. The one-group pretest-posttest design was employed. The participants were 28 undergraduate foreign students who were enrolled in the “Thai Language Conversation in Daily Life” course in the first semester of academic year 2022. Five research instruments were utilized in this study namely (1) the course teaching and learning plan, (2) a pre-test and a post-test, (3) speaking assessment rubrics, (4) an online survey questionnaire, and (5) semi-structured interviews. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative data was obtained from the validated 20-item achievement test and the adopted online survey questionnaire, while responses to the semi-structured interview provided qualitative data. The data was analyzed by frequency, means, standard deviation, t-test, effect size (Cohen’s d) and content analysis. The findings showed that using Flip could improve Thai speaking ability of foreign students. There was a significant difference (p < .01) between the mean scores of the students’ pre-test (M = 2.81, S.D. = 5.73) and post-test (M = 17.91, S.D. = 1.86) at the significant level of .01 with the effect size at 3.54. The effectiveness index (E.I.) of Thai speaking ability of foreign students by using Flip was 0.88 and the perceptions of foreign students towards the Thai speaking instruction using Flip overall was at a “high” level (M = 4.20).
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