This research aimed to study the concepts that readers attain from the story of Mahajanaka composed by His Majesty King Bhumiblo Adulyadej and how they are communicated to readers. The methodology of analysis was discourse analysis focusing on language and culture. From a deep reading of the workit can be seen that its words and phrases were selected and arranged in an exalted and exquisite style to praise the magical story of the Lord Buddhas previous birth. At the same time the story is narrated in straightforward way to allow the younger genneration entry into the work. Apart from this certain content was adjusted to be of greater benefit to Thai society. As for non-verbal language illustrations were used to help tell the story and male it more interesting. In terms of culture the examination of the work founf four areas of impotr: religion reflecting as a way of pure perseverance sharp wisdom and complete physical health; kingship and governance with regard to which for over fifty years king bhumibol has been on the throne and has shown devotion to the kingly virtues; the economy and society regarding which the author advises Thai people on how to live well during economic crisis and in society; and education the work reflecting the value of education and institutes of learning for all.

The purposes of the research were to conduct an error analysis in paragraph writing of the students of the faculty of Liberal Arts Rajanangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon to collect information to be used as a guideline for English teaching and learning and for English curriculum development for undergraduate students of the faculty. The simple-random sample group of 36 students was 40% of the total population 88 fourth-year students in the academic year 2010. The tools were a paragraph -writing worksheet and a form prepared to record the frequency of each type of errors ofeach sample The results of the study indicated that among four main types of errors : 1) paragraph format 2) paragraph structure 3) Grammar and sentence structure and 4) punctuation and mechanics it was found that errors in grammar and sentence structure were most frequently found (58.72%). This included 11 types of errors in the order of frequency found as follows: word choice verb forms detelminers sentence fragments prepositions singular/plural nouns verb-tenses run-on sentences subject-verb agreement wrong word order and use of reference terms accordingly.

The purposes of this research were to study and to compare the addition of ethics to Thai teaching using Thai songs and Dhama lessons. The samples chosen by purposive sampling were the first year English for International Communication students of the faculty of Liberal Arts Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon. They were divided into 2 groups and each group consisted of 30 students. The first group learned Thai with the addition of ethics using Thai songs while the second group learned Thai using Dhama lessons. The instruments were a pretest and a posttest. The results revealed that the test scores of the two groups of students after the addition of ethics to Thai teaching using Thai songs and Dhama lessons were higher. The means scores and standard deviations of the test results of the first group were23.13 and 3.18 and the second group were 22.23 and 3.49 respectively. In addition there was no significant difference (.05) in teaching Thai with the addition of ethics using Thai songs and Dhama lessons.

The purpose of the study was fourfold: 1) to construct a computer-assisted-instruction (CAI) of Basic Thai for Business Communication at 2) to determine the efficiency of the CAI at 80/80; 3) to compare the student learning achievement of the CAI based on the pretest and posttest scores ; and 4) to determine the students’ satisfaction towards the CAI. The subjects of the study were the 30 first-year undergraduate students majoring in Finance and Marketing the Faculty of Business Administration at Rajamangala University of Technology Pranakorn in 2008. The instrument and procedures comprised 4 parts. Part one contains the 8 units of CAI of Basic Thai for Business Communication each consisting of examples an end-of-unit exercise and a 5-item-end-of-unit test to measure lesson efficiency. Part two is the try-out CAI to determine its efficiency based on the results of the three respective groups which were initially 6 students majoring in Accountancy then 10 students majoring in Accountancy and finally 30 students majoring in Accountancy from the Faculty of Business Administration. The data were analyzed in percentage and mean. Part three comprises the tests consisting of the 30-item pretest and posttest containing the shuffled pretest items to compare the student achievement. The learning achievement was determined by t-test. Part four is the 10-rating scale items to survey the students’ satisfaction towards the CAI. The data were interpreted in mean score.The results indicated as follows: 1) the CAI of Basic Thai for Business Communication can be effectively complemented to teaching and learning; 2) the efficiency indication of the CAI of Basic Thai for Business Communication was higher than the set criteria 80/80 at 84.58/87.44; 3) the posttest scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores at 0.05; 4) The students were extremely satisfied with the CAI of Basic Thai for Business Communication in all aspects at Σ x 4.37.

The purpose of this study was to compare undergraduate students reading writing performance and interest in learning English through reading instruction with and without computer in PowerPoint Program at Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon Bangkok Commercial Campus. The subjects for this study consisted of 80 undergraduate students in the first semester of the 2005 academic year of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon Bangkok Commercial Campus. They were selected by using simple random sampling and divided into the experimental and control groups with 40 students in each. The randomized control group pretest -posttest design was used in the experiment. The experimental group was taught through the method in the reading instruction with computer in PowerPoint Program whereas the control group was taught through the method in the reading instruction without computer in PowerPoint Program. Each group was taught with lessons of the same content for sixteen 150 minute periods. The instruments used in the study were English reading writing performance tests and interest in learning English. The t-test for independent samples score was statistically used for data analysis. The results of the study indicated that: 1. The English reading performance between the experimental and control groups was significantly different at the .05 level. 2. The English writing performance between the experimental and control groups was not statistically significant. 3. The interest in learning English between the experimental and control groups was significantly different at the .05 level.