Cultural Factors Affecting the Usage of Thai Personal Pronouns of the Vietnamese Students Learning Thai as a Foreign Language
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This article aims to study cultural factors affecting the usage of Thai personal pronouns of the Vietnamese students who study Thai as a foreign language. The data were collected by studying documents and research related to personal pronouns, interviewing the Vietnamese students about how to use personal pronouns in Thai language and interviewing the Vietnamese teachers about the use of Thai personal pronouns of Vietnamese students. Thereafter, the analysis of the collected data was analyzed, compared and synthesized. The findings show that socio-cultural factors such as gender, age, status of and intimacy between speakers and listeners affect the use of Thai personal pronouns of the Vietnamese students who study Thai language. The students’ acquisition regarding the similarity and differences of Thai and Vietnamese cultures plays a part in increasing their effectiveness of using Thai language since the use of Thai personal pronouns are related to Thai culture, which is the obstacle of Thai language learning of the Vietnamese students.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร สักทอง : วารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลับราชภัฏกำแพงเพชร
ข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฎในวารสารเป็นวรรณกรรมของผู้เขียนโดยเฉพาะ ซึ่งมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏกำแพงเพชรและบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย
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