Nutthacha Jermvivat
Email: nutthacha@tni.ac.th
10th National and International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences
28-29 October 2019, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, Thailand
28-29 October 2019, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket, Thailand
Abstract
The purposes of this study were 1) to investigate the problems in reading comprehension of JPN-101 course
of Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students; and 2) to study supplemental opinions and suggestions. The
samples of this research were 260 TNI students in 2018 academic year derived through Simple Random
Sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was rating scale and open-ended questionnaire. The
statistical values were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis. The findings
suggested that TNI students had the overall difficulties at a high level (̅=4.18). For the opinions and
suggestions, the students highlighted as follows: 1) Teaching reading article should be more concerned; 2)
Simple articles seen in daily life such as leaflet or news should be used as teaching materials to make a clearer
content of sentence; 3) Kahoot should be used in the class to practice Japanese; 4) Kanji should be more
emphasized in the course objective; 5) Interesting comic or fictions can create positive learning environment;
and 6) Teaching should be more focus on vocabulary memorization with practice.
of Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students; and 2) to study supplemental opinions and suggestions. The
samples of this research were 260 TNI students in 2018 academic year derived through Simple Random
Sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was rating scale and open-ended questionnaire. The
statistical values were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis. The findings
suggested that TNI students had the overall difficulties at a high level (̅=4.18). For the opinions and
suggestions, the students highlighted as follows: 1) Teaching reading article should be more concerned; 2)
Simple articles seen in daily life such as leaflet or news should be used as teaching materials to make a clearer
content of sentence; 3) Kahoot should be used in the class to practice Japanese; 4) Kanji should be more
emphasized in the course objective; 5) Interesting comic or fictions can create positive learning environment;
and 6) Teaching should be more focus on vocabulary memorization with practice.
Keywords: Problems of Reading Comprehension, Japanese Language, Teaching-Learning Approach
