An Application of WhatsApp with Thai as a Foreign Language Learning
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This article aims to demonstrate the integration of a messaging application into learning Thai as a foreign language. The sample was a group of 38 undergraduate students of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who registered for a beginning Thai language course.
The learning activities were designed to encourage the outside-of-classroom practicing listening and speaking skills. Learners would have to practice questioning and responding with their partners within the same or higher levels using voice and text messaging via the messaging application named “WhatsApp”. Students would then submit the answer sheet and audio files extracted from the chat log to the instructor for feedback on pronunciation, language usage or grammatical issues when the activity was completed. The survey showed that 95% of the respondents was satisfied with the activity and would like to participate again in the future.
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