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-use English in real life situations 1
Communicative techniques 14/121
=11.6%
-changing syllabus with an emphasis
3
on active learning strategies
-communicative approach 2
Not Responded 34/121
=28.1%
107/121
=88.4%
87/121
=71.9%
100%
100%
ESP Course at Thai Tertiary Institutions
Thai tertiary institutions provide ESP courses for both academic and occupational
purposes(see Table 20).
Table 20 Evidence of Institutional Goals or Policies Which Encourage
English Language Teaching Programmes to Include ESP Courses
Variables
Private
Universities
No
Responses
State
Universites
No
Responses
Chi-
Square
Probability
Policies supporting
ESP
15/56
(26.8%)
41/56
(73.2%)
38/65
(58.5%)
27/65
(41.5%)
Curriculum 4/52 52/56 2/65 63/65
(7.1%) (92.8%) (3%) (97%)
External Contacts 1/56 55/56 0.0% 65/65
(1.8%) (98.2%)
(100%)
Material Writing 0% 100% 2/65 63/65
(3%) (97%)
In-Service Training 1/56 55/56 1/65 64/65
(1.8%) (98.2%) (1.54%) (98.5%)
12.3
(p=0.005)
=7.879
In some institutions, these courses
appear to cater before being admitted to
the ESP course and it appears then to be
assumed that all participants will have a
more or less equal chance of success.
Diagnostic testing is not in evidence to
any significant extent, nor is there
evidence that individual differences are
acknowledged or catered for in any
central sense.