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           Objectives of the study include 1) to study the methods of teaching English speaking at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University; 2) to study the problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University; and 3) to suggest solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The research is a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative researches in nature. A questionnaire is used for collecting quantitative data from 20 teachers and in-depth interview is used for collecting qualitative data from 10 key informants. For analyzing quantitative data statistics including percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD).

             Findings of the study are as follows:

             1. From a study of the methods of teaching English speaking at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it found that for the methods of teaching English speaking, the overall level is high with a value of 3.82, while considering each aspects the statement of daily conversation applied by teachers was high with a value of 4.90, the aspect of the method of round table discussion was moderate with a value of 3.20.

             2. In respect of a study of the problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it found that there were 8 problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University including 1) the time schedule is influenced much on teaching English speaking; 2) pupils have low ability in English pronunciation; 3) pupils have low ability in English speaking skills; 4) pupils have low ability in acquiring lesson; 5) it is very hard to teach English speaking skills to pupils in different English level; 6) it is very hard to teach English speaking skills to pupils in different ages; 7) most of pupils pay less attention in class; and 8) language communication between teachers and pupils.

          3. With regard a suggestion of solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it revealed that there were 8 solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University including 1) the problem of time schedule should be set up appropriately; 2) pupils were required to practice pronunciation of the new words, test pronunciation every week before starting classes, play the game of pronunciation in class, and be evaluated by teacher and other pupils; 3) teachers and parents should collaborate to help pupils to have a good environment; 4) pupils with low innate ability should study hard; 5) teachers can prepare appropriated lessons for them; 6) the foundation should arrange pupils with the same age as much as possible in one classroom, and if there were many pupils with different ages, the teacher should test pupils’ knowledge and arrange them according to the result of test; 7) the teacher should prepare lessons with some games and rewards, make fun in teaching, or telling a story before or after teaching; and 8) the foundation should provide a Thai assistant to help foreign teachers and the foreign teachers should learn Thai language to communicate with pupils as well.

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          Objectives of the study include 1) to study the methods of teaching English speaking at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University; 2) to study the problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University; and 3) to suggest solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The research is a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative researches in nature. A questionnaire is used for collecting quantitative data from 20 teachers and in-depth interview is used for collecting qualitative data from 10 key informants. For analyzing quantitative data statistics including percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD).

             Findings of the study are as follows:

             1. From a study of the methods of teaching English speaking at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it found that for the methods of teaching English speaking, the overall level is high with a value of 3.82, while considering each aspects the statement of daily conversation applied by teachers was high with a value of 4.90, the aspect of the method of round table discussion was moderate with a value of 3.20.

             2. In respect of a study of the problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it found that there were 8 problems concerning methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University including 1) the time schedule is influenced much on teaching English speaking; 2) pupils have low ability in English pronunciation; 3) pupils have low ability in English speaking skills; 4) pupils have low ability in acquiring lesson; 5) it is very hard to teach English speaking skills to pupils in different English level; 6) it is very hard to teach English speaking skills to pupils in different ages; 7) most of pupils pay less attention in class; and 8) language communication between teachers and pupils.

          3. With regard a suggestion of solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University it revealed that there were 8 solutions for improving the methods of teaching English speaking to pupils at the Buddhist Sunday School, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University including 1) the problem of time schedule should be set up appropriately; 2) pupils were required to practice pronunciation of the new words, test pronunciation every week before starting classes, play the game of pronunciation in class, and be evaluated by teacher and other pupils; 3) teachers and parents should collaborate to help pupils to have a good environment; 4) pupils with low innate ability should study hard; 5) teachers can prepare appropriated lessons for them; 6) the foundation should arrange pupils with the same age as much as possible in one classroom, and if there were many pupils with different ages, the teacher should test pupils’ knowledge and arrange them according to the result of test; 7) the teacher should prepare lessons with some games and rewards, make fun in teaching, or telling a story before or after teaching; and 8) the foundation should provide a Thai assistant to help foreign teachers and the foreign teachers should learn Thai language to communicate with pupils as well.

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