MBU Humanities Academic Journal

Online course in Chinese (Thai – MOOC) for Senior high school students of Yala Province

2024-06-14T20:06:49+07:00

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop and find the effectiveness of Chinese Open System Thai – MOOC lessons for Mathayom Suksa 2 students to measure the learning achievement before and after school of students studying with the Open System Chinese language course Thai – MOOC and 3) to study the students' satisfaction with the Thai – MOOC open system Chinese language lessons for Mathayom Suksa 6 students. The sample group was Mathayom Suksa 6 students at Yahasirayanukul School, Yaha District, Yala Province 1. The classroom consisted of 32 students using cluster random sampling. The research tools were 1) 8 Chinese online lessons, Thai – MOOC, 2) an achievement test. before and after school, and 3) the student's satisfaction with using the Chinese language learning activity package. Data were collected using a single group quasi-experimental research, pre-examination, and post-examination. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

From the analysis of the result, it was found that 1) the efficiency of the learning lessons was 81.45/82.70, which was higher than the specified criteria 2) the learning achievement after school was higher than before with the open system Chinese lessons Thai – MOOC. There were statistically significant at the level of 0.05 and 3) the students' satisfaction towards the Thai – MOOC open system Chinese lessons for Grade 6 students overall was at a high level.

The dark behavior of the female protagonist in the novel Krong Karm.

2024-05-06T22:32:32+07:00

The purpose of this study is to examine how the female protagonists in the book “Krong Kam” display their darker tendencies. It was discovered that Yoi, Renu, and Pilai are the female protagonists in the book Krong Kam using Sigmund Freud and Carl G. Jung’s psychoanalytic theories. Possess unpleasant tendencies, such sarcasm and selfishness, that are very similar. Act tyrannical. The study of character behavior analysis using Sigmund’s psychoanalytic theory has produced a distinct image of the spiteful thinker, which represents negative character qualities. Sigmund Freud possessed the following 13 traits: 1.Id 2.Self-interest 3.Hyper-self 4.The living instinct; 5.The dying instinct; 6.Press collection 7.Notifying others of the offense 8.Reasoning 9.Behaving against one’s genuine desires, 10.Casting a vision toward the sky, 11.Distinguishing, 12.Replacing, and 13.Analyzing and imitating using Carl’s psychoanalytic theory. Carl G. Jung possesses the following six qualities: 1.Selfconsciousness 2.Personal ego 3.Complete unconsciousness 4.Latent shadow 5.Mask 6.Revealing type The actions and personality of the character both reflect this.

Factors Influencing Confidence in English Language Communication of English Program Students: A Case Study at the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Khon Kaen University

2024-06-23T19:49:02+07:00

The factors that contribute to the confidence in English language communication of students in the English language program case study, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Khon Kaen University, analyzed the data of English language program students for English for Business Management and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Respondents answered an open-ended questionnaire with 10 questions. From the answers in the questionnaire, factors contributing to the confidence in English language communication of English language program students case study, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Khon Kaen University, academic year 2023 can be summarized into 3 points: environment, course content and curriculum activities, and facilitating technology. The most important factor leading to confidence in English language communication is technology that facilitates communication, which is an environment that students can choose in the context they desire and aligns with the interests of individual learners, especially communicating with foreign friends while playing online games, watching foreign films or series, finding friends or foreign lovers online, using English language learning media through applications, learning, watching entertainment programs, and practicing singing international songs.

The social impact of presenting a reflection of children and adolescents in the Thai drama series “The Betrayal” that has indirectly affected the recession of the population crisis.

2024-05-06T22:48:52+07:00

This article is a study of the social impact of presenting reflections of children and youth in the Thai drama series "The Betrayal" that has indirectly affected the recession of the population crisis in the form of soft power.

The drama series “The Betrayal” is a re-produced version of the Thai drama series (Thai Series) which was presented on 3 HD Channel. The content presents problems related to families that affect children and adolescents in many ways. The aforementioned drama series presents problems that occur with children and youth whose causes arise from factors within the family and problems that arise from external factors of the family or social factors. This indirectly results in creating feelings of difficulty in raising youth while growing up in a society with various problems. By presenting the aforementioned problem in such a manner, it may have an indirect impact on the population recession crisis. Analyzed from the phenomenon of the continuous decline of the Thai population as shown in the regression chart and data from the survey of NIDA Poll, it was found that the results of the survey and the issues appearing in the drama series “The Betrayal” edition in the form of a Thai series are consistent in many ways, including: 1) Don’t want to increase the cost of raising children. 2) Worrying about how your child will live in the current social situation? 3) Don't want to have the burden of taking care of children. 4) Wanting an independent life. 5) Afraid of not being able to raise children well and 6) Wanting to focus more importance on work.

Using Slang in English: The reflection of Today’s Language Change - A Case study of the Barbie movie (2023)

2024-06-23T19:26:12+07:00

Language changes occur normally in every language. It depends on the contexts of thought and social communication that have changed by eras. The findings of this study on the use of slang in the Barbie movie (2023) reveal that slang is used at the level of words, phrases, and sentences. These reflect language changes in today’s era and infer social thought through the use of slang. The purposes of the slang usage in the movie can be grouped into three i.e., 1) to show general expressions, 2) to show satire, and 3) to show admiration. Besides, the slang displaying in the movie mirrors the changing thought in the society nowadays.

Apart from using slang in the Barbie movie, the findings show a depiction of human value in terms of equality between male, female, and alternative genders.

The value of Maṅgalatthadīpanī as the model of Pali Literature in Thailand.

2024-06-24T12:20:49+07:00

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the values in Phrasirimangalacariya’s Pali Literary Works, including evaluation of quality of Pali literary works of Phra Sirimaṅgalācāriya based on four works: 1) Vessantaradīpanī, 2) Cakkavāḷadīpanī, 3) Saṅkhayāpakāsakaṭīka, and 4) Maṅgalatthadīpanī. It was conducted by analytical studying the dominant features of structures, content presentation, and substances, and then summarizing data, evaluating the quality, and writing in descriptive approach. It consisted of seven content presentation styles which were as follows: 1) word analysis, 2) word explanation referenced to related scriptures, 3) subject to clarification, 4) classification, 5) reference, 6) data collection from other scriptures, and 7) evaluation of referenced data accuracy. The dominant features of substances indicated that Vessantaradīpanī was a guidebook for learning language and Pali literature, Cakkavāḷadīpanī was a profound research work expressed comments and correct evaluations with keen intelligent reasons, Saṅkhayāpakāsakaṭīka was a manual for calculations of Cakkavāḷadīpanī, and Maṅgalatthadīpanī was literary works invented for basic Dharma propagation to public. All these works were revealed the three values of literatures in the followings: language value that had a correct and smooth grammatical usage, Dharma content value that focused on preaching of the Buddha teachings for supreme beneficial lifestyle, and social value that reflected from literary works themselves which had an effective implementations for learning and teaching manual, Buddhist propagation, including other knowledge associated with daily life of people from the past until now.

Keywords: the values; Maṅgalatthadīpanī; the model of Pali Literature in Thailand

Study to Naming District In Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

2024-06-07T10:38:52+07:00

This article focuses on the study of naming the districts in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya to understand the background of the district’s name. This study found that the names of the districts are relevant to the important historical events, a person, utensils, plants, the geography, the use of the place, the buildings found in the areas and reflect the origin of the districts. Eventually, it is found that the names of these districts in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya are related to the history, the people’s attachment to water and plants, and ethnicity. Furthermore, the district’s name is something which records the memory of
the area in order to not let it disappear over time.

Global Society : Interactive View on Life-ling Education

2024-06-25T14:21:26+07:00

In the present and as general known, global society plays the great attention to educational orientation which is the important tool of national prosperity development. Functionally education has proclaimed not only in the ogrole of literacy but also focuses in every sphere of development such as politic, economic and socio-cultural for the total happiness and sustainability. Education is classified into 3 types namely; formal education, informal education and non-formal education or personal education but thosr are the great property of humanity. Life-long education is one of educational pattern which is fruitful of unfrozen learning prominently. As mentioned already,interactive view of global society has the realized consensus that life-long education is the treasury of lerning, is the scared path of total development.All nations views has projected that life-long education is meaningful proclaimed on the national act and gazette in every nations.