THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT OF THAI AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH

Abstract There are many programs for foreign students who came for studying short-term language exchange and make a decision to further their study in long term as higher education. According to the current situations and innovation advancement causing learning method of many educational institutions is changed to online learning which is the new challenges for instructors and learners because learners cannot use the learning language in real-life communication and did not learn the language among environments surrounding by native speakers. In this article, Thai language learning in Thailand may lower the effectiveness of language learning. In the other hand, online learning as online course allows diverse and numerous learners to participate in the course in the form of “Anywhere Anytime” which can learn at everywhere and every time. Moreover, it can save time and expenses of travel to the native speakers’ mother land. The writer would like to offer the guideline of Thai language learning as a foreign language as online-based interactive learning that can improve learners’ Thai communication skills as in a normal class, and the necessary elements for online learning into implementation effectively