Student Perspectives of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Thailand Schools in Relation to Language Policy and Practice

Xingyu Liu

《World Scientific Research Journal》 8卷12期 (2022/12) Pp. 152-163

https://doi.org/10.6911/WSRJ.202212_8(12).0018

摘要

Chinese language teaching in Thailand has developed rapidly since the 1990s and Chinese has become the second most spoken foreign language in Thailand after English. Due to the different language policies and educational policies of different countries, international education in Chinese has taken on a country‐specific character in various aspects of teaching and learning. This study investigates the perceptions of students at Sarasas Witaed Bangbon School, an international public school in Bangkok, about Chinese language classes and Chinese language education using a quantitative approach, using a questionnaire divided into 21 single and multiple choice open‐ended questions and answers. A questionnaire with 21 single‐ and multiple‐choice open‐ended questions and answers was used to survey a purposive sample of students. The results of the study show that, from the students' perspective, they have a positive attitude towards Chinese language learning. At the same time, the students' perceptions and expectations of the school's TCFL reflect the current status and problems of its Chinese language education policy in terms of Chinese language teachers, the school and language education policies, including the silence of Chinese language teaching in the classroom, the lack of Chinese language materials in the library, and the differences in policy implementation in terms of the infrastructure, design and materials already used for teaching.

關鍵字

Thailand ； Private secondary schools ； Chinese language education ； Student perspectives ； Teaching Chinese as a foreign

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