Sumittra SuraratdechaSinghanat NomnianYuwadee Sapsomboon2025-04-012025-04-01201620252016Thesis (M.A. (Language and Culture for Communication and Development))--Mahidol University, 2016https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/108450Language and Culture for Communication and Development (Mahidol University 2016)The study of teachers' beliefs regarding their teaching practices is considered an important area that would greatly benefit professional development (Ashton, 1984 Goddard, Hoy, & Woolfolk Hoy, 2000 Wheatley, 2002). This research concerns how a native 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 teacher and eight Thai postgraduates in the second semester of the academic year 2012-2013 in a university in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. In order to gather data from the participants, interviews, classroom observation, and digital audio recording were all employed. The teacher believes that students' participation in the classroom is the key to learning successfully therefore, he asked questions in various ways to engage students, sustain students' interest, and check students' comprehension. In addition, scaffolding techniques were used in the classroom as follows: 1) spelling, 2) repetition, 3) rephrasing a question, 4) giving a clue, 5) giving the correct answer, and 6) modeling a word or phrase. Most students revealed that when the teacher uses a scaffolding technique after asking a question, it can improve their oral responses. In conclusion, the teacher's beliefs influence his questioning and scaffolding techniques because he thinks that those teaching practices can benefit the students' English competency. Teachers should understand their teaching beliefs to enhance their professional practices and benefit their students to meet the objectives of each lesson effectively.;ix, 127 leavesapplication/pdfengผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้าEnglish language -- Study and teachingConstructivism (Education)Teachers -- AttitudesQuestioningMaster ThesisMahidol University