Differences in quality between Thai and international research articles in ELT

บทความในวารสาร

ผู้เขียน/บรรณาธิการ

RICHARD GILES WATSON TODD

กลุ่มสาขาการวิจัยเชิงกลยุทธ์

ไม่พบข้อมูลที่เกี่ยวข้อง

รายละเอียดสำหรับงานพิมพ์

รายชื่อผู้แต่ง: Jaroongkhongdach W., Watson Todd R., Keyuravong S., Hall D.

ผู้เผยแพร่: Elsevier

ปีที่เผยแพร่ (ค.ศ.): 2012

วารสาร: Journal of English for Academic Purposes (1475-1585)

Volume number: 11

Issue number: 3

หน้าแรก: 194

หน้าสุดท้าย: 209

จำนวนหน้า: 16

นอก: 1475-1585

eISSN: 1878-1497

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84861466407&doi=10.1016%2fj.jeap.2012.04.006&partnerID=40&md5=2880e2899513e0959e5466426edcb015

ภาษา: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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บทคัดย่อ

This study seeks to explore potential problems of English Language Teaching (ELT) academics in Thailand in getting their research published in international journals. Using content analysis, the study analyzes and compares 100 research articles published by ELT academics in Thailand with 100 research articles published in international journals. To analyze the articles, 25 specific quality categories, manifesting five generic aspects of quality are used. The main findings from the chi-square analysis comparing the two groups of the research articles reveal that five out of six quality categories associated with the literature review and two out of four with the discussion were shown to be significantly different with large effect sizes. The ratings in these seven categories suggest that the articles published by the academics in Thailand are of lower quality. The findings also show that these seven categories fall into three of the five generic quality aspects, namely, justification, awareness, and coherence. Possible explanations for the comparatively low quality of the Thai research articles include conflicts between national research policies and academics' motivations for conducting research and national cultural values, issues that may also apply to academics in other peripheral countries. ฉ 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

คำสำคัญ

English for academic purposes, English language teaching, International research articles, Quality of research articles, Thai research articles