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Pajaree Buasomboon; Nattama Pongpairoj – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The present continuous tense can be problematic among L1 Thai learners due to the variation in contexts in which the tense can be used (Boonjoon, 2017; Khattiya, 2018; Kongthai, 2015). The present study aimed to examine the functional use of the English present continuous tense by L1 Thai learners under the theoretical framework of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thai, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chareonkul, Chanakarn; Wijitsopon, Raksangob – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
One of the reasons why EFL learners have difficulties with the English present perfect tense is that little attention has been paid to the relationship between patterns and meanings of the tense (Yoshimura et al., 2014). To fill this gap, the present study takes a corpus-driven approach to the pattern-meaning interface of the present perfect,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar, Language Patterns
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Sripradith, Raweewat – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2023
Regardless of the brain's limited storage capacity, teachers must exercise caution and vigilance in the classroom to prevent overwhelming students with excessive information, as this can impede their learning ability. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of traditional PowerPoint slides and Assertion-Evidence designs in improving…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fatimah Jeharsae; Theerat Chaweewan; Yusop Boonsuk – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
The global prevalence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) across diverse linguacultural communities within the three circles invites an in-depth analysis of its phonological and lexicogrammatical features, especially among non-native English speakers. This qualitative study investigated these features among 30 Thai students from English and…
Descriptors: Nonstandard Dialects, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chutinan Noobutra – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
The present study investigates whether or not Thai students' English writing skills can be improved by using an online grammar checker. First, typical syntactic errors made by undergraduate students majoring in English and English for Careers were examined. Secondly, possible reasons for syntactic errors in English writing in the light of Lado's…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Meknakha, Hataimart; Timyam, Napasri – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
Previous research in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) has revealed that deviations in lexicogrammar are not always random, but a result of underlying communicative processes (Cogo & Dewey, 2012; Guziurová, 2020; Jafari, 2021; Ranta, 2013, 2022). Most previous studies relied upon spoken interactions, particularly in business and academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Chareonkul, Chanakarn; Raksangob Wijitsopon – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2019
The present study adopts a corpus-driven perspective to an analysis of the 'current relevance' meaning, a central meaning of the present perfect, in general and textbook corpora. The term 'current relevance' refers to a meaning of the present perfect, in which a past action or event is shown to be connected with the present time in some ways. The…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Morphemes, Grammar, Textbooks
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Watcharapunyawong, Somchai; Usaha, Siriluck – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study aimed at analyzing writing errors caused by the interference of the Thai language, regarded as the first language (L1), in three writing genres, namely narration, description, and comparison/contrast. 120 English paragraphs written by 40 second year English major students were analyzed by using Error Analysis (EA).The results revealed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interference (Language)
Chiravate, Boonjeera – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
As regards the acquisition of L2 verbal morphology, one of the universal tendencies as elucidated by the Interlanguage Discourse Hypothesis (Bardovi-Harlig, 1994, p.43) is that language learners use emerging verbal morphology to distinguish foreground and background in narratives. This present study examines whether Thai EFL learners' use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Morphology (Languages)