ทัศนคติของผู้เรียนชาวไทยต่อภาษาอังกฤษในฐานะภาษากลางในประเทศไทย
Attitudes of Thai Learners towards English as a Lingua Franca in Thailand
Keywords:
English as a Lingua Franca, Thai English, Attitudes, World EnglishesAbstract
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate attitudes of Thai learners towards English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The researchers recruited 225 students from seven universities in Chiang Mai using a purposive random sampling method. The main instruments used in the study were a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The questionnaire included Likert-scale items related to four issues regarding ELF. These issues were: 1) Native-speaker Model of English, 2) English as a Lingua Franca, 3) Acceptance of Thai English, and 4) Teacher Preferences. Results indicated that Thai learners still held strong attitudes on Native Speaker Model (x̄=3.56) while they also tended to be more positive on English as a Lingua Franca (x̄=3.49). In addition, Thai English was not so widely accepted (x̄=3.18), and learners’ preferences on native and non-native teachers were equally perceived (x̄=3.36). Overall, the study suggests that while Thai learners still value the Native Speaker Model of English, they also recognize the importance of English as a Lingua Franca. However, Thai English may not be widely accepted, and both native and non-native English teachers are proved helpful among the participants in learning English.
Keywords: English as a Lingua Franca, Thai English, Attitudes, World Englishes
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