A study of behavioral cultural knowledge in English language of students in English for international communication program, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study behavioral cultural knowledge in English and to compare knowledge of the samples who graduated from high school and samples who were vocational certificate holders. In addition, this research compared the behavioral cultural knowledge of the English language of the samples who studied three different minor subjects, namely English, Chinese and Hospitality. The samples were 60 students from the English for International Communication Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Songkhla. Data collection was generated by means of a test in two parts: 30 - item test on conversational routines and 30 - item test on customs, lifestyle attitude and values. The time allotment was one hour. The data was analyzed for mean, percentage, standard deviation, T-test and F-test.