University Students’ Attitudes and Awareness towards the Use of Web 2.0 Technologies for Language Learning: A Case of Thai – Nichi Institute of Technology

Abstract

The purposes of the study were as follows 1) to investigate the students’ attitudes of Thai undergraduate students towards using Web 2.0 tools in language learning at Thai – Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI) 2) to identify the students’ perceptions towards Web 2.0 tools in developing their language skills and 3) to identify which Web 2.0 tools were used by Thai undergraduate students to improve their language skills. The research samples were 219 first-year undergraduate students who studied an English Foundation Course and came from different faculties at TNI in the first semester of the 2020 academic year. All of the students selected for the study were non-English major students. The sample was selected by using the Simple Random Sampling technique. The data was collected through a survey questionnaire. Statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and descriptive analysis. The findings showed that Web 2.0 usage garnered favorable responses from the sample of students who were told about it is an implementation in learning English. Additionally, the skill that students considered was developed the most by Web 2.0 usage was listening. Finally, the highest level of interest in the development of their language skills was reserved for YouTube.