Thai Vocational Students’ Motivation on Learning English at Narathiwat Technical College
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Motivation, Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Vocational students, teaching methodsบทคัดย่อ
English is an international language in many functions. It is used to communicate by different people from different nationalities around the globe for international communication in commerce, tourism, military aid, scientific and some other fields. Thai students in three southern parts of Thailand (Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat) said to have lack of motivation and interest in learning the English language. This study adopted Keller’s motivation theory (Keller, 2010). Motivation is an influential factor in teaching and learning English. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Thai vocational students’ motivation on learning English at Narathiwat Technical College. This study used the quantitative research design to find out the extrinsic and intrinsic motivation among students at Narathiwat Technical College. Samples of the study consisted of 68 first-year vocational students from Narathiwat Technical College, Narathiwat province, southern part of Thailand. Purposive sampling was used in selecting participants of the study. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for collecting data. The findings from the paired sample t-test indicated that students’ mean scores for both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation were at low level. Therefore, Thai English teachers need to provide various teaching methods in order to motivate students interested in learning English. This study has crucial pedagogical implications for English teachers because a teacher is concerned with students’ success
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