TOPIC ANALYSIS ON TEXTBOOKS OF LISTENING AND SPEANKING COURSE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM (CHINESE) IN THAILAND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LEARNERS’ INTEREST

Abstract

This article analyses the topics in textbooks of listening and speaking course which sets in bachelor of education program (Chinese) in Thailand from the perspective of learns’ interests. Firstly, a classification system is formulated which includes 7 topics and 38 subtopics based on 6 spoken /listening and speaking textbooks. Then, the characteristics of learners’ topic interest are found through 287 questionnaires and 7 teachers’ interview, which are closely related students’ identity, age, psychology, learning motivation, Chinese level even national culture and values of Thai students. There is no significant difference in topics preference between male and female. Learners’ Chinese level significantly affects topic preference. With the improvement of Chinese proficiency, Learner’s topic interest will shift from functional topics to declarative topics. At the end of the article, the author puts forward some reasonable suggestions on listening and speaking teaching as well as the compilation of textbooks.