Papers by Krittat Sukman, Ph.D.
European Journal of English Language Teaching
Business news articles are crucial for Business English students since they provide a rich source... more Business news articles are crucial for Business English students since they provide a rich source for learning vocabulary in their field of study and professional communication. This study investigates lexico-grammatical items specific to a specialised corpus of online business news reports. Its overall aim is twofold: 1) to generate a keywords list extracted from the self-built corpus; and 2) to identify lexical collocations of the first ten keywords. Seven hundred online business news articles from BBC news.com were compiled to build a corpus of business news. The data were analysed by the application of Antconc 3.5.9 developed by Anthony (2020). The results derived from the present study through a corpus-based analysis uncovered a list of keywords which were frequently used in online business news where the majority of the keywords were nouns (63.51%), verbs/nouns (8%), adjectives (7%), adjectives/nouns (4%), adverbs (2%), and verb (1%). From the selected top one hundred keywords...
Social Science Research Network, 2018
The study investigates how English language teachers view varieties of English accents used by th... more The study investigates how English language teachers view varieties of English accents used by their students from expanding-circle countries. The study took place at an international university in Bangkok, where English is used as a major medium of instruction and international communication. Questionnaire and semi-structured interview revealed that teacher participants had no negation and objection towards their students' accents. The findings further indicate that mutual intelligibility and successful communication are prioritized as well as strong preference for native English varieties for being pedagogical models.
A Corpus-Based Analysis of Two English Synonymous Noun: Alternative and Option
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
During the current pandemic, the unprecedented closure of universities and schools has revived th... more During the current pandemic, the unprecedented closure of universities and schools has revived the application of fully online teaching and learning. This study aims to explore Thai EFL learners' views on online learning implementation during the Covid-19 outbreaks. Data were collected qualitatively with 30 Thai undergraduate students majoring in business English through written reflections, and five of whom were selected purposively to participate in a semi-structured interview. Based on qualitative data analysis, the findings indicated that the student participants expressed positive attitudes towards online learning as it was seen as suitable during the current pandemic, yet they preferred learning English in face-to-face classrooms to online ones. Also, unstable internet connection, lack of interaction and teachers' explanation, as well as potential distractions were common challenges for their online English learning. Suggestions were also provided by the participants, and pedagogical implications were discussed.
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Papers by Krittat Sukman, Ph.D.