A Study of Instructional Needs on Japanese for Engineering Perceived by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology Students
Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research were 1) to study instructional needs on Japanese for engineering perceived by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students in seven aspects: Contents, Teaching Materials, Japanese Language Skills, Teaching-Learning Process, Teaching Activities, Teaching Approach and Instructor 2) to compare students’ needs on the seven aspects according to students’ gender, academic year and faculty, and 3) to gather supplemental suggestions. Research samples were 306 TNI students in the second semester of 2015 academic year, derived through simple random sampling technique. The instruments used for gathering the data were the rating-scale and open-ended questionnaire. The statistics used for analyzing the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, and content analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1. Instructional needs on Japanese for engineering perceived by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students as a whole were at high level ( = 4.15). When considered in each aspect, it was found that their needs were at high level on Contents ( = 4.06), Teaching Materials ( = 4.08), Japanese Language Skills ( = 4.26), Teaching-Learning Process ( = 4.17), Teaching Activities ( = 4.09), Teaching Approach ( = 4.14) and Instructor ( = 4.28) respectively. 2. The students with different genders showed statistically significant differences in overall at .05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on Contents, Teaching Materials, Japanese Language Skills, Teaching-Learning Process, Teaching Approach and Instructor. For the rest aspect, it was found that there were no significant differences. 3. The students with different academic year showed statistically significant differences in overall at .05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on Contents, Japanese Language Skills, Teaching-Learning Process, Teaching Approach and Instructor. For the rest aspect is was found that there were no significant differences. 4. The students with different faculty showed statistically significant differences in overall at .05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on all aspects. 5. TNI students had supplemental suggestions: TNI should provide teaching activities by taking students on a field trip in a factory to observe real production process; and simulation activity should be created in classroom to enhance the authentic situation in the workplace.
KEYWORDS
Instructional Needs, Japanese for Specific Purposes, Japanese Teaching