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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Thai speakers"”.
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Comparing Human Perception to Computational Classifications of Lexical Tones
… of utterances produced from five native Thai speakers. The computational model produced classifications based on predictions made by a Hidden Markov Model that simulates tone perception and categorization. The computational model tested the categorization of stimuli taken from both …
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Development of Thai Speech Audiometry Materials for Measuring Speech Recognition Thresholds
… recorded SRT materials available in the Thai language. The goal of this study was to develop relatively psychometrically equivalent SRT materials for evaluating the hearing abilities of native speakers of the Thai language. To accomplish this, 90 commonly used bisyllabic Thai words were …
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Tone classification of syllable -segmented Thai speech based on multilayer perceptron
Thai is a monosyllabic and tonal language. Thai makes use of tone to convey lexical information about the meaning of a syllable. Thai has five distinctive tones and each tone is well represented by a single F0 contour pattern. In general, a Thai syllable with a different tone has a different …
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Dynamics of F0 planning and production: contextual and rate effects on Thai tone gestures
… on contextual variation in the production of Thai tones. Experiment 1 presents the results of an acoustic investigation where the Thai Falling and Rising tone productions are studied as a function of following tonal context, speech rate, and their interaction. This experiment demonstrates the …
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Year 7 students' English reading comprehension and attitudes and behaviours: Collaborative genre-based versus traditional teaching methods in Thailand
… educational change has been introduced in Thailand that requires English as a foreign language (EFL) to be taught from primary to university level. This study investigates a genre-based method of teaching English to grade 7 secondary students in Thailand. The study was conducted in three …
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Developing the English oral competency of tourism industry students by means of a genre-based ESP approach
… improvement of the English oral competency of Thai tourism industry students and determine how far practical needs superseded theoretical demands. It was done firstly, by examining an, blending genre and ESP theories in order to establish a genre-based ESP oral English teaching method, and …
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Ellipsis in science and technology textbooks in English: Implications for Thai students
… analytical study which attempted to investigate Thai students' ability to interpret elliptical sentences and to recover and recognise ellipted elements in a science and technology context in English. Students' awareness, understanding, perceptions, problems and strategies in relation to ellipsis …
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English reading comprehension of Thai undergraduates : L1/L2 usage, texts, strategies and problems
… has been taught as a foreign language in Thailand for more than a century and now occupies an important place at all levels of the Thai education system. This study investigates the influence that the Thai language has on intermediate level undergraduate sludents while they are engaged in …
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Exploring the use of a genre-based approach to teach scientific report writing to Thai EFL undergraduates
Although science undergraduates in Thailand need to acquire English report writing skills, many in their final year are unable to describe even their own experiments in a clear, acceptable style. This study, therefore, set out to discover how the theory and practice associated with the Australian …
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Reading comprehension, and attitude and behaviour, of students taught ESL by cooperative learning in Prathom (Grade)6 classrooms in Thailand
… in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Thailand. One major aspect of the change was the requirement for all students from grade I onwards to study English as a second language (ESL). The change requires new methods of teaching and learning, such as cooperative learning, to be introduced …
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The professional development of tourist police in Thailand : an investigation into English communication competency
Tourism plays a. major role in the economy of Thailand and the service sector has been oriented to the provision of services for international tourists, many of whom are native or non-native speakers of English. The Royal Thai Police have a Tourist Police Division (TPD) whose officers assist …