PASAA
Publication Date
2000-12-01
Abstract
It is widely accepted that a self-access center provides opportunities for the students to develop their English proficiency skills out of class. Even though a self-access center requires a large sum of budget and resources, its practical usefulness for language learners and its effect on the users' proficiency development have not been fully investigated. This preliminary study which was funded by KMUTT was a tentative attempt (1) to evaluate English listening proficiency of the KMUTT's Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) users, and (2) to investigate on the significance of the SALC's role in autonomous learning, particularly in developing English listening proficiency. Twenty-two undergraduate and graduate students from the four main faculties, namely Science, Energy, Engineering, and Industrial Education volunteered to participate in the study. They were then randomly divided into 2 groups: 14 students in the experimental group who practiced 20 hours in the SALC and 8 students in the control group who did no SALC listening. The researcher found that the SALC users' English listening proficiency increased more significantly than that of the non-users. By the F-test, it was found that the subjects' development of listening proficiency was not significantly affected by the above factors at the 0.05 level.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.30.1.4
First Page
39
Last Page
50
Recommended Citation
Intratat, Charatdao
(2000)
"Evaluation of English Listening Proficiency of SALC Users at KMUTT, Thailand,"
PASAA: Vol. 30:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.30.1.4
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol30/iss1/4