Mintra Puripunyavanich
Chulalongkorn University Language Institute
Mintra Puripunyavanich is a full-time lecturer in the Division of English for Business, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI), Thailand. In 2018, she obtained her Ph.D. in English language teaching at Thammasat University where she discovered her passion for ELT materials development. Fueled by her passion, Mintra involves in various materials development teams for both foundation and ESP courses at CULI. Her research interests include ELT materials development and evaluation, ESP, language learning and communication strategies, and teaching speaking.
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Evaluating an ESP Coursebook for Economics
This study evaluates an in-house ESP coursebook, Target (2017), used to teach listening and speaking skills to economics juniors at a public university in Thailand. Both the students and teachers evaluated the coursebook through focus group interviews. Also, online open-ended questionnaires were distributed to all 123 economics juniors. The results reveal positive feedback and suggest materials developers focus on creating activities that promote the development of language skills and integrate the content of the discipline.