Today used of smartphone or mobile phone are popular for users who eager in new technology. Smartphone are similar to a small notebook that have many kinds of functions of mobile phone. Android is the popular operation that used in smartphone and mobile phone because it can be used to increase abilities with many applications that suitable with phones.

This research was to analyze the content of locality and method to symbolically communicate locality through cultural commodities focusing on the process of analyzing the meaning from the tourist commodities of Klong Lat Mayom floating community along the framework basing on semiotic theories and the in-depth information collection in the real phenomena to understand the contexts related to the research issues. The findings reveal that the locality reflected in the cultural commodities had 3 content issues namely 1) naturalism of life associated with water without dependency on technology and the love in the value of trees as the component 2) traditional way of life which was simple with handicraft as the prime livelihood and 3) in-trend culture by which the reconstruction of old things and diversity were presented on the commodities. Symbolic communication was done through 3 forms namely 1) paradigmatic communication which was the results of using the parts to communicate 2) intertextuality by using clues of old things to create value with the new meaning and 3) construction of opposites or bipolarity to clearly differentiate between urban and rural societies. The research findings could expand the perspective on the use of local culture as the factor to enhance the capacity of tourism to assure its development and sustainability.

The purposes of this research were to (1) study the needs of teachers and students in Secondary Education Service Area Office 11 in English instruction using mobile electronic devices (m-Learning) and (2) to develop the model of English language instruction using mobile electronic devices (m-Learning) for Upper Secondary Students in Secondary Educational Service Area Office 11. The samples were 222 teachers and 394 students taken from Secondary Educational Service Area Office 11 using a Taro Yamane’s formula with the significant level of .05. The research procedure was divided into two phases. Phase one was the study of the needs of teachers and students in teaching and learning using mobile electronic devices two sets of questionnaires; one set for teachers and one set for students were used to collect data. A model of English instruction using mobile electronic devices was created in this phase. Phase two was the verification of the developed model by the experts. A verification form was used to collect data. Data were analyzed through mean and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows: