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The Use of COCA to Promote Thai EFL Public University Students’ Autonomous Learning |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Pipittaporn Inpanich |
| Title | The Use of COCA to Promote Thai EFL Public University Students’ Autonomous Learning |
| Publisher | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Buriram Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2566 |
| Journal Title | Journal of English Language and Linguistics (JEL) |
| Journal Vol. | 4 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 17-28 |
| Keyword | autonomous learning, COCA, EFL public university students, paragraph writing |
| URL Website | https://so17.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JEL/index |
| Website title | https://so17.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JEL/article/view/61 |
| ISSN | ISSN 2821-952X (Online) |
| Abstract | This study investigated whether the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) can promote Thai EFL public university students’ autonomous learning in a paragraph writing course. Thirty third-year students participated in this study, and they were from Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University in Bangkok, Thailand. They were asked to complete three writing assignments. Each assignment included the first draft and the final draft, and when they finished the first draft, they were required to use COCA to discover usage patterns and revise their work based on teacher feedback they received. The questionnaire was used to find out self-report data regarding the implementation of this concordance program on promoting their autonomous learning based on the process of autonomous learning by Knowles (1975). Additionally, the semi-structured interview was employed to investigate their perceptions of COCA as a tool for promoting autonomous learning. The results from the questionnaire showed that this concordance program could promote their autonomous learning based on Knowles’ (1975) framework. They strongly agreed that they could formulate learning goals by themselves (M = 3.63, SD = 0.55) and use it as a material resource for learning writing (M = 3.50, SD = 0.56). The semi-structured interview also revealed that their perceptions of using COCA as a tool for promoting autonomous learning were positive because it can increase their confidence in their writing due to the use of authentic data. When they are confident of their writing skills, they are willing to continue practice writing through the use of this concordance tool. |
