Teaching English in Christian Schools in Three Southernmost Provinces
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Christian Schools in Three Southernmost Provinces are private schools that under the Christian foundation are mainly based on the "Salaysian" curriculum which highlights on English subject. The purpose of the research aimed to examine in English instructional practices of Christian schools in three southernmost provinces for 7 aspects: curriculum condition, instructional problems, English instruction, materials, resources, learners and evaluation. The researchers investigated more for bottomless reasons and information by a qualitative study. An in-depth interview was employed and the samples of this study were selected via a purposive sampling. They were 12 English teachers, academic teachers, and head of English teachers from three private schools that under the Christian foundation. The research tool was the semi-structure interview. The analysis was content analysis. It was found that the important of curriculum and content problem were emphasis students to learn grammar for the final exam, they did not use English outside the classes, had no confidence to use English for communication, lots of assignments. Moreover, foreign teachers had no curriculum guideline and no change to design the curriculum. For Thai teachers, there were inadequate English teachers who had degree in teaching English, did not speak English, and had too much workload on documents. The internet speed needed to be improved. Furthermore, the unrest situation had an effect to the school’s learning hours by making the schools have to finish earlier. Thus, the curriculum and content of English learning must be improved. Therefore, learners are able to communicate in English as well as develop presents English teachers' potential. Finally, Office of the National Security Council must take action for the protection.
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