Concepts and theories used for conducting research on the Thai language; synthesis of research works for thesis composition

Concepts and theories used for conducting research on Thai literature; synthesis of research works for thesis composition

Folklore concepts and theories; field work; synthesis of research works used as a guideline for folklore study and thesis composition

Research methodology in language, literature, and folklores; practice writing a research proposal

Linguistic theories from different schools from the past to the present; application of linguistic theories on studies of Thai language

Relationships between language and society; language deviation; language contact; multilingualism; language community; code mixing and code switching; language phenomena in various people groups in Thai sociocultural context; causes and patterns of language changes; language influences on people and society

Fundamental knowledge about Pali and Sanskrit; differences between Pali and Sanskrit compared to the Thai language; Pali and Sanskrit loanwords in Thai language and literature

Unique characteristics of foreign languages in the Thai language; adoption of foreign languages and their influences on the Thai language

Analysis, comparison and discussion on Thai literature from different periods; comparison of similar stories/genres of ancient literature from different periods; synthesis of related studies

Analysis of origin, forms, contents, composition techniques, language use, concepts and relationship between local literature both in oral and written forms (emphasizing on literature from some regions); practice of local literature transformation

The development of contemporary literature; genres; elements; comparison and synthesis of deviation of contents, forms, notion, composition techniques and language use in printed and electronic media; relationship between literature and society; foreign literature translated into Thai

Definition, form, characteristic and expansion of popular literature; relationship between literature and pop culture; connection between high status culture, pop culture and sub-culture in social context

Relationship between literature and other media; literature adaptation convention; study on literature adaptation as intertextuality and intermedia

Fundamental knowledge of language and culture; worldviews reflected through language; relationship between language and culture; studies on the relationship between language and culture

Fundamental pedagogy of teaching Thai as a foreign language; uniqueness of the Thai language; orthography, phonology, syntax, and grammar of the Thai language; pronunciation in the Thai language; comparative analysis of learners’ mother tongues and the Thai language

Definition, forms and characteristics of language use and literature creation in modern media; relationship between language, literature and modern media; synthesis and comparison of changes in language use, content, form, element and factors having impacts on the changes

The relationship of language, literature, folklore and society as the reflection of thoughts, ways of life, and culture; roles of Eastern dialect, literature, and folklore on society and society enhancement; study of research related to Eastern studies

Purpose of research; literature reviews, analysis and synthesis; confidence evaluation of reviewed literature; research aims and objectives; research methodologies; research proposals; research conducts; result processing and analysis; result synthesis; discussions; citations and international bibliographic systems; full research report compilation; research article authoring; abstract preparation; oral presentations; ethics and code of conducts of researchers; ethics in publishing academic works