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Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms

The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) has been globally accepted as a framework for language teaching, learning, and assessment. Thailand also adopted the CEFR in 2014 to escalate its English education quality in all levels, placing an emphasis on an action-oriented approach nationwide...

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Main Author: Supunya, Nuntapat
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20089/1/49568-187243-1-PB.pdf
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https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1526
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spelling my-ukm.journal.200892022-10-12T03:52:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20089/ Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms Supunya, Nuntapat The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) has been globally accepted as a framework for language teaching, learning, and assessment. Thailand also adopted the CEFR in 2014 to escalate its English education quality in all levels, placing an emphasis on an action-oriented approach nationwide. Few studies have explored the factors influencing the successful CEFR implementation. As such, the current study, framed in a social constructivist case study methodology, used an in-depth interview with four in-service English teachers from four different regions to investigate the factors contributing to the achievement of the action-oriented approach in a Thai EFL context. The thematic analysis revealed thirteen potential factors that teachers believed affected the implementation of the CEFR, categorised into three different levels – policy, administration, and instruction-oriented. The pedagogical and policy implications were further discussed and generalised to other similar contexts. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20089/1/49568-187243-1-PB.pdf Supunya, Nuntapat (2022) Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 28 (2). pp. 33-48. ISSN 0128-5157 https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1526
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description The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) has been globally accepted as a framework for language teaching, learning, and assessment. Thailand also adopted the CEFR in 2014 to escalate its English education quality in all levels, placing an emphasis on an action-oriented approach nationwide. Few studies have explored the factors influencing the successful CEFR implementation. As such, the current study, framed in a social constructivist case study methodology, used an in-depth interview with four in-service English teachers from four different regions to investigate the factors contributing to the achievement of the action-oriented approach in a Thai EFL context. The thematic analysis revealed thirteen potential factors that teachers believed affected the implementation of the CEFR, categorised into three different levels – policy, administration, and instruction-oriented. The pedagogical and policy implications were further discussed and generalised to other similar contexts.
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Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
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title Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
title_short Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
title_full Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
title_fullStr Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
title_full_unstemmed Towards the CEFR action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in Thai EFL classrooms
title_sort towards the cefr action-oriented approach : factors influencing its achievement in thai efl classrooms
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20089/1/49568-187243-1-PB.pdf
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