From Experience to Classroom Activities: Preparing EIL Hosts for Visitors to Thailand

Autor/in	Laoriandee, Wutthiphong
Titel	From Experience to Classroom Activities: Preparing EIL Hosts for Visitors to Thailand
Quelle	In: rEFLections, 28 (2021) 2, S.228-247 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1513–5934
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Hospitality Occupations; Tourism; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Nationals; Student Attitudes; Employee Attitudes; Historic Sites; Pronunciation; Communication Strategies; Vocabulary; Language Usage; Instructional Design; Translation; Cultural Traits; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Gastgewerbegehilfe; Tourismus; Ausland; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Historische Stätte; Aussprache; Kommunikationsstrategie; Wortschatz; Sprachgebrauch; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf
Abstract	Through the lens of English as an International Language (EIL), this study investigates experience and linguistic challenges university students and tour guides in Thailand have when hosting foreign visitors, and how those challenges can be addressed in classroom activities. A questionnaire was distributed to 113 university students and 70 tour guides. Additionally, interviews with seven students and two tour guides were employed for data triangulation. It was found that the participants most frequently took visitors to historical places and had problems with specialized vocabulary and Thai culture-specific words. Visitors' accent also hindered the success in hosting visitors. A two-hour session incorporating EIL tenets of communication strategies and inter-cultural sensitivity that addressed vocabulary problems was implemented with 26 students. This study is hoped to provide insights into real experience and commonly found linguistic problems for visitor hosts. This can lead to informed decision of English for Tourism course designers and teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi School of Liberal Arts. 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok, Thailand 10140. Tel: +66-2470-8756; Fax: +66-2428-3375; Web site: https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01