A Study of Strategies for Learning Thai as a Foreign Language of Foreign Students Studying In Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Main Campus

Abstract

The objectives of this research study are 1) to study the strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language of foreign students in Mahachulalalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Main Campus, and 2) to compare the result of using of strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language of group sample. The group sample were 120 students who are studying in Mahachulalalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Main Campus. The analytical methods include frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Hypotheses were tested by the method of t-test, F-test, and LSD.

The result of study found that: 1. From the study the strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language of foreign students in Mahachulalalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Main Campus, if found that 1) the foreign students who used the strategies for learning Thai language directly were at a high level in overall, mean was 4.33 and SD was 0.52, 2) the foreign students who used the strategies for learning Thai language indirectly as a foreign language was at a high level in overall, mean was 3.75 and SD was 0.95. 2. From the comparison of the result of using of strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language of group sample found that 1) the foreign students who used the strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language, the factor of language learning directly which consist of gender, year classes, and homeland are different. The foreign students who used directly language learning strategies were not different. The foreign students in different age were significant difference at the 0.01 of using of strategies for directly language learning. And 2) the foreign students who used the strategies for learning Thai language as a foreign language, the factor of language learning indirectly which consist of gender, year classes, and homeland are different. The foreign students who used directly language learning strategies were not different. The foreign students in different age were significant difference at the 0.05 of using of strategies for indirectly language learning.