Action Research Study of Promoting Student's Confidence in Speaking English
An Action Research Study of Promoting Students’
Confidence in Speaking English
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
School of Education
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
Victoria University
By
Montha Songsiri
B.A. (Suansunundha Teachers’ College)
M.A. (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi)
March 2007
Declaration of Authorship
I, Montha Songsiri, formally declare that the Doctorate of Education thesis entitled An
Action Research Study of Promoting Students’ Confidence in Speaking English is no more than 60,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has been submitted previously, in whole or in part, for the award of any other academic degree or diploma. Except where otherwise indicated, this thesis is my own work.
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Signed
25 March 2007
Date
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Acknowledgements
A thesis is never successfully completed in isolation. I received help, encouragement, critique, consolation and from many people who deserve acknowledgement.
I would like to gratefully acknowledge the support that I received from my workplace, the College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North
Bangkok (KMITNB).
The College of Industrial Technology gave me a full
scholarship in both money and time for further study in the Doctor of Education program at Victoria University, Australia.
I acknowledge the support of the
Administrative Committee, especially Assistant Professor Preecha Ong-aree, the
Director, who approved my scholarship. Without this scholarship I could not have devoted so great a part of my life to study this program. I am grateful to all of my colleagues in the College of Industrial Technology, especially those in the English
Department who had to take on my work while I had leave for one year to do my
research.
Confidence in Speaking English
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
School of Education
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
Victoria University
By
Montha Songsiri
B.A. (Suansunundha Teachers’ College)
M.A. (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi)
March 2007
Declaration of Authorship
I, Montha Songsiri, formally declare that the Doctorate of Education thesis entitled An
Action Research Study of Promoting Students’ Confidence in Speaking English is no more than 60,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has been submitted previously, in whole or in part, for the award of any other academic degree or diploma. Except where otherwise indicated, this thesis is my own work.
_______________
Signed
25 March 2007
Date
ii
Acknowledgements
A thesis is never successfully completed in isolation. I received help, encouragement, critique, consolation and from many people who deserve acknowledgement.
I would like to gratefully acknowledge the support that I received from my workplace, the College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North
Bangkok (KMITNB).
The College of Industrial Technology gave me a full
scholarship in both money and time for further study in the Doctor of Education program at Victoria University, Australia.
I acknowledge the support of the
Administrative Committee, especially Assistant Professor Preecha Ong-aree, the
Director, who approved my scholarship. Without this scholarship I could not have devoted so great a part of my life to study this program. I am grateful to all of my colleagues in the College of Industrial Technology, especially those in the English
Department who had to take on my work while I had leave for one year to do my
research.