An Application of the Buddhist ‘Learned-ship’ Principle in promoting English Listening and Speaking Skills of Thai EFL University Students
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The study adopted One Group Pretest-Post-test Design (E1/E2) aimed to investigate the
effectiveness of Buddhist ‘Learned-ship’ principle (Bahusacca) consisting of five processes;
listening, critical thinking (Analysis), comprehending, retaining, and drills in enhancing listening
and speaking skills and developing vocabularies in EFL class at the University in Northern
Thailand.Forty-six 4th year students majoring in New Media enrolled in ESP Course (146200) in
the first-semesterof the academic year 2017 were the participants. Ten selected videos from
YouTube related to news and speeches with English subtitle from BBC, MSNBC, Sky News, and
VOA News were employed as the tools for language practices (language structure/expression and
lexical set). Pre-test and Post-test and an in-depth interview were employed to assess the
effectiveness of the Buddhist principle of Learned-ship and participants’ development of listening
and speaking skills. The quantitative data were analysed using mean score, standard deviation, and
percentage and the content analysis was used to analyse interview data. The findings revealed that
the participants’post-test scores of listening and speaking were higher than that of pre-test scores.
The participants’ satisfaction with the effectiveness of Buddhist learned-ship principle in
enhancing their listening and speaking skills was positive.
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