The Misconceptions of Chinese Cultural of Thai Students
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This study of the misconceptions of Thai students about Chinese culture was conducted to meet the following three objectives: 1) to study the literacy of Thai students about Chinese culture; 2) to study the misconceptions of Thai students about Chinese culture and 3)to study guidelines for managing Chinese cultural curriculum in Thai schools. The study was a survey with data collection from responses on questionnaires. The sample was composed of 88 Grade 6 students with basic knowledge about the Chinese language. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics.According to the findings, the students had moderate overall literacy about Chinese culture. The dimension of Chinese culture with the highest literacy by students was Chinese food. This was followed by Chinese etiquette. Overall, the findings revealed that 80.68 percent of the students had high scores for misconceptions about Chinese culture, while 36.1 percent of the study had accurate conceptions, 27 percent of the students had misconceptions and 29.2 percent of the students had lost cultural conceptions about Chinese culture. In order to enable in-depth learning and understanding about Chinese culture. The students proposed that activities should be inserted into lessons such as watching movies, watching documentaries and taking field trips to various tourist sites. Furthermore, teachers should have lesson plans focused on building student understanding in order to prevent or minimize misconceptions about Chinese culture.
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