The Process of Preparing Thai Speech Training Drills to Improve Thai Speech of Chinese Students

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report the approaches construct an exercise for develop efficiency of sound on Thai speech for Chinese students at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University. The sample included 30 Chinese students. The instruments used was exercises and test. The data were analyzed by finding out the efficiency of E₁/E₂ and the dependent t-test.

          The results of the study showed that the approaches construction exercises had 7 steps as follows: 1) study the defects of speech 2) put topic of the exercise 3) study the principles of speech 4) select and compile examples of speech 5) construct exercise 6) check the quality and 7) test for efficiency values. These approaches result to the exercises had an efficiency of about 91.17/80.83 and had statistically higher scores than before using the 0.01 level of significance. Therefore, these exercises are suitable for use in solving defects and improving the speech of foreign learners