THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO WRITING COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, DEPARTMENT OF THAI LANGUAGE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to 1) assess the needs to develop writing competency for communication and 2) study the problems and obstacles of writing competency development for communication of first-year students, department of Thai language, faculty of education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The sample used in this research was randomly collected by the respondents 50 people, and by interviewing 25 people. The findings revealed that 1) the status quo was at the high level and the necessary condition was at the highest level 2) most the problems and obstacles of writing for communication in first-year students was incorrect writing words, and 3) the first-year students wanted practice different types of writing such as government letter writing, academic writing, research writing, etc., and variety of writing activity.