The Research On Chinese Confusable Words In Thai Students With Chinese Intermediate Level Of Knowledge

The confusable words are the main problem of learning language. At the present times, the researches of different nationalities on confusable words are insufficient amount.Therefore, combining personal experiences of researcher together with previous researches on Chinese confusable words is the main method to propose the effective tactics for teaching Thai student in this particular problem. This research aims to provide additional framework to the previous researches which help Thai Chinese language student and Thai Chinese language teacher to overcome this obstacle effectively.The study is divided into five parts. First chapter gives the introduction detail included:the reason on the topic chosen; a view of the sources; an exposition of the contents, objective and the methods of the research. The second chapter describes in detail about the structure of the questionnaires and the results of survey. The questionnaire result included difference type of confusable words and difference Chinese level of Thai Chinese language students. The third chapter will give details on the results of the investigation summarized on the Confusable Words of Thai Chinese language students and analyzed the causes of confusable words. The four main types of confusable words are summarised:words of similar shape, words of similar pronunciation, words with the similar basic meaning and words with same or similar translation. In the fourth chapter, this research proposes the strategies of studying and teaching Chinese confusable words for Thai Chinese language students and Thai Chinese language teachers. Finally, the fifth chapter is the summarize of this paper. There are the table of Chinese confusable words in Thai students with Chinese intermediate level of knowledge.