THE STUDY OF ERRORS IN THAI WRITING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN CHIANG MAI

Authors

  • Makawan Poomcharean Research Scholar & CAS in Linguistics

Abstract

This paper presented here is an attempt to discuss potential problems foreign Students  living in Chiang Mai face in the quest of Learning  Thai for specific purposes. Chiang Mai, is a northernmost province of Thailand where a lot foreign students have been pursuing many academic programs at public and private universities. The necessity of Learning Thai for foreign Students is a pre requisite criteria before taking on major study area. These students, however, are often seen lacking communication art skills even after their completion of Thai- Language course. The paper thus presents Errors in Thai Writing of foreign Students and put forth recommendations as solutions.

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Published

15-07-2020

How to Cite

Makawan Poomcharean. (2020). THE STUDY OF ERRORS IN THAI WRITING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN CHIANG MAI. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 6(7). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/2072