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Item Open Access Prosodies in the production of polar and informative questions by Thai native speakers(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2022) Ganchanit Kosolwatthana; Aphiwit Liang-Itsara; Suthathip ThirakunkovitThis study aimed to investigate how Thai native speakers, whose native language utilizes pitch to indicate lexical differences, produced English intonation and to examine whether a prosodic transfer of L1 occurs in the L2 production in the case... of polar and informative questions. Moreover, this study also examined whether a prosodic transfer occurs regarding tone alignment and speech rates. The research was conducted by recording 20 Thai natives (undergraduate students) and 3 English nativesItem Metadata only An investigation of language learning strategies employed by mattayom three students : the impact of language and content(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2008) Plinchakorn Srinusen; Songsri SoranastapornItem Metadata only Factors related to research productivity of english as a foreign language teachers of public universies in Northern Thailand(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2008) Suwanan Sopatanarote; Songsri SoranastapornItem Metadata only Beliefs about native-speaking teachers in grammar and pronunciation instruction: Views and voices from second language learners(2022-01-01) Tiranant P.; Mahidol UniversityThe predominance of Thai as a foreign language in Asia has significantly increased the prevalence of Standard Thai and the demand for native Thai-speaking teachers. As a result, universities in China, Japan, and South Korea have officially recruited... native Thai lecturers to instruct their L2 learners using an authentic language. The students’ responses to native Thai lecturers, on the other hand, are not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate how learners with varying languageItem Metadata only A native English speaking teacher's beliefs and practices regading questioning and scaffolding in an English classroom(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2016) Yuwadee Sapsomboon; Sumittra Suraratdecha; Singhanat Nomniannative English speaking teacher's beliefs influence his classroom practices, including asking questions and using scaffolding techniques in an English classroom in a Thai university. The participants were one experienced native English speaking teacherItem Metadata only Communicative strategies employed by Thai learners of english at university level in interaction with native speakers(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 1989) Mai Ton; Prapha Vittayarungrangsri; Fennell William G.; Burgess RobertItem Open Access Lexical semantics analysis of contrastive linking adverbials in EFL academic writing : a corpus - driven study(Mahidol University., 2023) Woravit Seneechai; Aphiwit Liang-itsara; Suthathip Thirakunkovit; Mahidol Universityof native English speakers in corpus-based academic writing. Four contrastive linking adverbials - including however, rather, nevertheless, and yet - were analyzed using Braun & Clarke’s (2006) theoretical notions of thematic analysis as an analytical... used fewer lexical semantic functions of the target adverbials than the native speaker writers did. The Thai EFL writers also misused such adverbials with their own articulations. However, in both groups, some lexical semantic functions were rankedPublication Metadata only Preattentive Processing of Lexical Tone Perception by the Human Brain as Indexed by the Mismatch Negativity Paradigm(2003-01-01) Wichian Sittiprapaporn; Chittin Chindaduangratn; Mari Tervaniemi; Naiphinich Khotchabhakdi; The Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University; Helsingin YliopistoMismatch negativity (MMN) was used to investigate the processing of the discrimination between native and non-native CV syllables in tonal languages. MMN elicited by the native word was greater than that elicited by the non-native word. Hearing a... native-language deviant significantly altered the elicited MMN in both amplitude and scalp voltage field distribution, reflecting the presence of a long-term memory trace for spoken words in tonal languages.Item Open Access Writing skills transfer from Patani Malay (Li) to Thai (L2) in mother tongue-based B1multilingual education schools : A case study in Patani Malay-Thai in southernmost provinces of Thailand(Mahidol University, 2016) Mirinda Burarungrot; Suwilai Premsrirat; Walter, Stephen L.; Siripen UngsitipoonpornMany ethnic children speak a mother tongue (L1) at home that is different from the national language or the language used for instruction in mainstream schools (L2) – a situation that has hindered educational development in many places. In Thailand..., for example, when most Patani Malay (PM) students begin school, they only speak and understand Patani Malay and are unable to comprehend Thai, the language of instruction in Thailand’s formal education system. The result for many students is substandardItem Metadata only Speech act of requests in Thai spoken by Chinese as a second language : a pragmatic study of interlanguage(Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2024) Yingyot Kanchina; Sujaritlak Deepadung; Somsonge Burusphat; Shoichi Iwasaki; Pattama PatpongMaking requests is one of the most difficult speech acts for foreign/second language students, even though s/he is a high proficiency learner (Lin, 2009; Cai & Wang, 2013; Hsieh & Chen, 2016). This study aimed to investigate the request features...: request structures, request strategies, and request modifications used by Chinese learners of Thai in comparison with Thai native speakers. Moreover, it examined the nonnative speakers' pragmatic competence development by using the Discourse Completion