THE DEVELOPMENT OF E-THESAURUS USING INTER-LANGUAGE COMMON BASED CONCEPT TO DEVELOP THAI, LOCAL DIALECTS, ENGLISH, AND CHINESE LANGUAGES USED FOR CULTURAL TOURISM IN BANPONG DISTRICT, RATCHABURI PROVINCE FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH AND PEOPLE
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Research objectives were to develop e-thesaurus to develop Thai, dialects (Lao Wiang and Mon), English and Chinese language skill for cultural tourism in youth and people using a common concept for improving language skills in youth and people, to study the satisfaction obtained from the e- thesaurus, English and Chinese knowledge after the study using e- thesaurus, and to compare the size of English and Chinese vocabulary after the study using e- thesaurus. The methodology included 3 parts: 1) Development of linguistic content, 2) Creating tools includes: a satisfaction assessment, a knowledge test, and a vocabulary size test, and finally, 3) developing an e- thesaurus. Participants include 250 students of the 6th primary from 5 schools affiliated with Ratchaburi School District Office using purposive, and 100 people in Ban Pong District. They studied using e- thesaurus for 16 weeks. The findings included: The content consists of 3,599 words with efficiency of 81.2/83. An analysis of the satisfaction of students showed that average satisfaction level was 4.52 and in the people, average satisfaction level was 4.51. A comparative analysis of English and Chinese knowledge reveals that students obtain average pre-test scores = 26.42 and post-test scores = 48.54, and t-test = 1.89 p <.05 and people obtain average pre-test scores = 24.15 and post-test scores = 44.21, and t-test = 1.82 p <.05. The analysis of vocabulary size test reveals that students obtain average pre-test scores = 3.5 and post-test = 8.93, and people obtain average pre-test scores = 3.21 and post-test = 7.4.
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