Effects of Japanese Language Learning in Monodzukuri Style of Thai Undergraduate Students in Thailand

Email: suwatana@tni.ac.th, bundit@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

The purposes of this research were 1) to study effects of Japanese language learning in Monodzukuri style of Thai undergraduate students in Thailand and 2) to study effects of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) of the samplings according to elective subjects. The subjects were 120 undergraduate students who enrolled in Japanese course derived from simple random sampling technique, during their second semester of 2018 academic year. The research instruments consisted of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) which was divided into 3 parts; vocabulary and Kanji, grammar and reading, and Listening. The data were statistically analyzed by mean scores, standard deviation and percentage. The results of the study were as follows; 1) the undergraduate students’ competence in Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was at N5 level. 2) the undergraduate students’ competence according to elective subject was at N4 level.

Keywords: Japanese Language, Monodzukuri Style, Thai Undergraduate Students