| dc.description.abstract | This research is aimed to study the circumstances of the program
management of Applied Thai for foreigners in accordance with the views of the
executives, the lecturers and the students; the employers’ preferences to student
performances; the problems relating to the program management as well as to
recommend the development approach on the program management of Applied
Thai. The target group includes the executives, the lecturers of Applied Thai, the
third and the fourth class students in the academic year 2011. The tool is the
questionnaire, data analysis using SPSS. The statistics used include the frequency,
percentage, mean, and the standard deviation.
The results of the study are as follows:-
1. As for the overall views of the students, the students agree with the
program management of Applied Thai in a high level (μ=3.59). The highest mean is
the lecturers’ qualifications (μ=3.86). As for the overall views of the executives, the
executives agree with the program management of Applied Thai in a high level
(μ=3.56). The highest mean is the evaluation (μ=3.84). As for the overall views of the
lecturers, the lecturers agree with the program management of Applied Thai in a high
level (μ=3.80). The highest mean is the lecturers’ qualifications (μ=4.37).
2. As for the employers’ preferences to students’ performances, the
employers are generally satisfied with the students in a high level (μ=3.96). The
highest mean is the students’ responsibilities for professional ethics (μ=4.13).
3. As for the problems relating to the program management, the issues
that are required to be developed include the improper curriculum: the curriculum
content is irrelevant to curriculum objectives and several courses are useless. As for
evaluation, the test results should be noted after work in order to enable students
to know their mistakes and the tests are too difficult. As for learning resources, there
are lacks of modern audio-visual materials, books in the library and internet access.
As for course administration, the course syllabuses are not equivalent to students’
needs. As for faculty environment, there are inadequate boarding rooms, classrooms
and other facilities. As for student activities, Chinese students would like to
participate in Thai students’ activities.
4. As for the approach on the program management of Applied Thai for
foreigners, the need and interest analysis of the students should be considered as
the crucial basis by studying background information of the students, course syllabus
content and learning activities before developing the curriculum. Moreover, the
curriculum should be adapted to serve for the student purposes and labor market
needs. | en_US |
