A GRADE-BASED COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THAI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING THAI LANGUAGE
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The purpose of the current study was twofold: (a) to examine the motivation for learning Thai language held by Thai students enrolled in Grades 9 to 12 at an international school in Thailand, and (b) to perform a statistical comparison of it, using the students’ school grade as grouping factor. A population sample of 118 students (31 students from Grade 9, 25 students from Grade 10, 28 students from Grade 11, and 34 students from Grade 12) enrolled in the target international school during the academic year 2021-2022, participated in this study. For the data collection, the Motivation for Learning Thai Language Questionnaire, adapted from Gardner’s (2010) Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) international version, was used. From performing descriptive statistics on the collected data, it was found that the overall level of motivation for learning Thai language held by Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 students at the target international school was slightly high. From a quantitative comparative analysis, it was found that there was a significant difference in motivation for learning Thai language between Grade 10 and Grade 11 students, with the overall motivation for learning Thai language being significantly higher for the latter group than for the former, while no significant difference in motivation for learning Thai language was found between Grade 9 and Grade 11 students, Grade 9 and Grade 12 students, Grade 10 and Grade 12 students, and Grade 11 and Grade 12 students. Based on the research findings, recommendations for Thai high school students, teachers and future researchers are provided.
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ทัศนะและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความในวารสารฉบับนี้ถือเป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความนั้นเพียงผู้เดียว และไม่ถือเป็นทัศนะและความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ
กองบรรณาธิการขอสงวนสิทธิ์ในการคัดเลือกบทความลงตีพิมพ์และจะแจ้งให้เจ้าของบทความทราบหลังจากผู้ประเมินบทความตรวจอ่านบทความแล้ว
ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารครุศาสตร์ปริทรรศน์ คณะครุศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของคณะครุศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาจุฬาลงกรณราชวิทยาลัย ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำ เว้นเสียแต่ว่าจะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
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