A SYNTHESIS OF ONLINE JOURNAL RESEARCH ARTICLES ON ENGLISH GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT
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The purposes of this study were to identify approaches to English grammar presentation used by Thai teachers. Therefore, this study used 49 published research articles on English grammar development in Thailand as the research sample. The articles were collected solely from online journals published between years 2012 and 2015. The results revealed that the majority of the online research articles on English grammar development in Thailand, in other words, 45 of the 49 research articles or 91.84 percent, applied a deductive approach to presenting English grammar; while only 1 of the 49 research articles, or 2.04 percent, made use of the inductive approach. Moreover, 2 of the 49 research articles, or 4.08 percent, made use of the direct method. Lastly, 1 of the 49 research articles, or 2.04 percent, made use of the audio-lingual method in teaching English grammar. Mastering the English grammar enables accurate communication from the sender to the receiver, according to the sender’s exact intentions. The content or the message will not be distorted, making communication fail-proof and preventing confusion. Grammar knowledge also helps to develop better English learning skills for listening, speaking, reading and writing aims. Thus, grammar is a tool that enables successful communication.
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1. กองบรรณาธิการสงวนสิทธิ์ในการพิจารณาและตัดสินการตีพิมพ์บทความในวารสาร
2. บทความทุกเรื่องจะได้รับการตรวจสอบทางวิชาการโดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ แต่ข้อความและเนื้อหาในบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนแต่เพียงผู้เดียว มิใช่ความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของมหาวิทยาลัยศรีปทุม
3. การคัดลอกอ้างอิงต้องดำเนินการตามการปฏิบัติในหมู่นักวิชาการโดยทั่วไป และสอดคล้องกับกฎหมายที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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