Publication: Providing Business English instruction: Thai instructors' practices and students' perceptions
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Issued Date
2014
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application/pdf
ISSN
19164742
Other identifier(s)
2-s2.0-84906352169
Rights Holder(s)
มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ
Bibliographic Citation
English Language Teaching. Vol 7, No.9 (2014), p.144-155
Suggested Citation
Pratoomrat P., Rajprasit K. Providing Business English instruction: Thai instructors' practices and students' perceptions. English Language Teaching. Vol 7, No.9 (2014), p.144-155. doi:10.5539/elt.v7n9p144 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6446
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Abstract
The present study aimed to examine how Business English courses conducted in the Thai Higher Education, and to investigate students' perceptions toward the instructional management of the courses in their universities. The participants were four instructors, and one hundred and forty students enrolling in the courses of four universities in the Bangkok metropolitan areas and the suburbs. The course syllabuses were analyzed, and the questionnaire was administered for data collection. The results revealed that the current situations of the instructional management of Business English courses in their universities were different in terms of course content, a primary focus on learners' development, and instructional materials. Despite the difference among those institutions, Thai learners have positive perceptions toward the instructional management. The results may benefit Business English instructors and course designers in terms of improving and revising the course in the right direction which respond to the present professional world and the trend of Business English instruction.