Thesis
A needs analysis of Thai high school teachers in using internet applications for teaching English as a foreign language
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/177
Abstract
Thailand has committed to the development of technology use in infrastructure, people, and governance. Personnel in education are encouraged to be involved in the process of professional development. Furthermore, both the curriculum and the standards of English as a foreign language teaching set up by the Thai Ministry of Education mention about using technology in teaching. However, development in this area can be neither done nor planned well without a good context analysis. In order to obtain an effective development plan for professional development, teachers’ needs in using Internet applications are required. This study, therefore, revealed teachers’ use and needs of the Internet in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). The results of the study are (1) most of the EFL teachers in the study use Internet applications for their instruction, including teaching preparation and teaching in this classroom, (2) the EFL teachers who use Internet applications mostly have good opinions about using them for teaching EFL, (3) the teachers have many concerns about using the Internet for their instruction including professional, infrastructure, and administrative concerns, and (4) the teachers perceive that they need a training course in using Internet applications for EFL teaching.
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- Title
- A needs analysis of Thai high school teachers in using internet applications for teaching English as a foreign language
- Creators
- Sudsuang Yutdhana
- Contributors
- Joy Egbert (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900525137501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis