Integrating Corpus-Based Methods to Determine Grammatical Topics for Teaching English Writing in the Thai Context
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| Title: | Integrating Corpus-Based Methods to Determine Grammatical Topics for Teaching English Writing in the Thai Context |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Raymund T. Palayon, Yenying Chongchit |
| Source: | PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand. 2025 70:273-307. |
| Availability: | Chulalongkorn University Language Institute. Prem Purachatra Building, Chulalongkom University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Tel: +66-2-218-6092; Fax: +66-2-218-6104; e-mail: pasaa.editor@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.culi.chula.ac.th/en/pasaa/1 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 35 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Computational Linguistics, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Information Retrieval, Essays, Writing Instruction, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), College Students, Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software |
| Geographic Terms: | Thailand |
| ISSN: | 0125-2488 2287-0024 |
| Abstract: | Grammatical knowledge for effective English writing remains a significant need among Thai university students, while identifying the relevant grammatical topics to address this need continues to be a challenge in teaching writing courses. Previous papers on writing in Thai universities have mainly focused on writing performance issues, rather than proposing methods to address these issues, particularly in grammar. This quantitative case study employed corpus analyses to determine the relevant grammatical topics that address the grammatical needs of a specific group of Thai university students in English writing. ChatGPT was utilized to improve the essays of the target students, resulting in two datasets (namely, students' essays and refined essays). Keyword analysis was employed to illustrate their grammatical characteristics. Biber's (1988; 1989) multidimensional analysis and key part-of-speech analysis were applied to verify the keyword findings and determine the target grammatical topics for teaching writing. The analyses revealed 12 significant grammatical features that address the grammatical needs of the target students in English writing (namely, nominalizations, determiners, present participial clauses, prepositional phrases, attributive adjectives, conjuncts, independent clause coordination, phrasal coordination, past participial clauses, "that" relative clauses in the subject position, adverbial subordinators, and sentence relatives). These features can make the students' writing compositions informational, narrative, and formal, reflecting the characteristics of academic language. This paper provides procedures for identifying grammatical topics that are aligned with the current grammatical needs of students in writing. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1478072 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Grammatical knowledge for effective English writing remains a significant need among Thai university students, while identifying the relevant grammatical topics to address this need continues to be a challenge in teaching writing courses. Previous papers on writing in Thai universities have mainly focused on writing performance issues, rather than proposing methods to address these issues, particularly in grammar. This quantitative case study employed corpus analyses to determine the relevant grammatical topics that address the grammatical needs of a specific group of Thai university students in English writing. ChatGPT was utilized to improve the essays of the target students, resulting in two datasets (namely, students' essays and refined essays). Keyword analysis was employed to illustrate their grammatical characteristics. Biber's (1988; 1989) multidimensional analysis and key part-of-speech analysis were applied to verify the keyword findings and determine the target grammatical topics for teaching writing. The analyses revealed 12 significant grammatical features that address the grammatical needs of the target students in English writing (namely, nominalizations, determiners, present participial clauses, prepositional phrases, attributive adjectives, conjuncts, independent clause coordination, phrasal coordination, past participial clauses, "that" relative clauses in the subject position, adverbial subordinators, and sentence relatives). These features can make the students' writing compositions informational, narrative, and formal, reflecting the characteristics of academic language. This paper provides procedures for identifying grammatical topics that are aligned with the current grammatical needs of students in writing. |
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| ISSN: | 0125-2488 2287-0024 |
