CLE HUSO KKU Hosts Conference on Thai Phonetic Transcripts for Foreign Language Education, Aims for Royal Society Approval
July 21, 2023 – The Center for Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University and the network – Sumaa Language and Culture Institute, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University, joined to hold the first national conference on Teaching Thai to Foreigners: “Setting Phonetics Transcripts of Thai Alphabets for Thai Teaching to Foreigners” at Conference Room 3, HS.05 Building, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and also online by Zoom Meeting. Asst. Prof. Marasri Sothip, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Administration of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, presided over the opening ceremony, while Asst. Prof. Issares Dolpen, Ph.D., Acting Director of the Center for Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences made the reporting address on the objectives of the conference. The opening ceremony also featured presenting awards to the outstanding personnel in Thai teaching and Thai culture dissemination, or “Benefactor in Thai Language and Culture” of 2022, namely, Asst. Prof. Suwanna Kriengkraipet, from Sumaa Language and Culture Institute, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University.
The Conference was the first of its kind to be hosted by the Center for Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University. The Conference began with a forum on “Setting Phonetics Transcripts of Thai Alphabets for Thai Teaching to Foreigners”, which was honored to have the following guest speakers: Assoc. Prof. M.L. Charalwilai Jaroonroj, Ph.D., from Kasetsart University, Kamphaeangsaen Campus; Asst. Prof. Sujinat Jitwiriyanon, Ph.D., from Chulalongkorn University; Ajarn Cherdchart Hirunro, Ph.D., from Mae Fah Luang University; and Ajarn Sasitornyakorn Pittayaratsathian from Sumaa Language and Culture Institute, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University, being the moderator. The afternoon session was presentation of 9 articles on Thai language teaching to foreigners.
The evening session featured the Pride Parade that began from the parking area beside the Sports Building (the former gymnasium) towards the former Degree Conferral Pavilion. The Pride Parade included floating vans and a lot of people dressed in rainbow colored attires, who later showcased their fantastic dresses on the Pride Catwalk laid with a rainbow-color flag.
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