Proceeding Work Integrated Thai Language Learning Activity for Chinese Students with Different Levels of Thai Communicative Skills and Learning Behavior

Abstract

This action research aimed at proceeding the work-integrated Thai language learning activity for Chinese students of Thai Language and Culture Curriculum, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, and developing an innovation to support Thai learning activity for Chinese students. The result revealed the effectiveness of field work activity for Chinese students and the development of innovation that supported a work-integrated Thai language learning activity. The innovation, “Model of Thai Learning Activity by Assistance for Chinese Student”, which was applied from the technique of peer-assisted learning corresponded to the learning behaviors of Chinese students with different levels of Thai communicative skills and learning behaviors. The implementation of the activities also led to discovering the “Four-Sector Collective Purpose Model” which can effectively help finding the agreement among associative organizations, involved with the learning activity.