English for historical tourism
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This academic paper focuses on the four skills of English language: listening, speaking, reading and writing essential for tourism and interesting historical sites in Thailand by studying the essential skills of the English language and integrating them with the historical sites of Thailand.
The study found that Listening is to get information from others by listening to and understanding the synonymous meaning of speaker and listener. Speaking is speaking to be successful in communication; it must be clear in pronunciation. It is not ambiguous and suitable for reading situations: obtaining information visually by interpreting vowels, consonants, symbols into meanings. Writing is to convey thoughts in letters to convey meaning for others to read, study and to preserve knowledge not to be lost over time. The interesting historical sites of Thailand are: Attractions in the ancient city of Ayutthaya Province such as Phra Si Suriyothai Chedi, Wat Yai Chaimongkol, Wat Phanan Choeng Worawihan, Wat Suwan Dararam Ratchaworawiha, etc.
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