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1、ESPWorld,www.esp-world.info,Issue4(25),Volume8,2009DevelopmentofaCompetency-basedEnglishOralCommunicationCourseforUndergraduatePublicRelationsStudentsFasawangPattanapichetAssociateProfessorSumaleeChinokul,PhDChulalongkornUniversityContactaddress109SoiUdomsook51,UdomsookRoad,BangjarkPraka
2、nongDistrictBangkokThailand10260Fax:662-746-5906E-mail:fasawangp@yahoo.comBIODATAOFTHEAUTHORSFasawangPattanapichetobtainedherM.A.inTESOLfromEasternMichiganUniversity,USA.AfterreceivingherM.A.sheworkedfull-timeasateacheratLanguageInstituteofBangkokUniversity,Thailandfor3years.Then,shehasr
3、eceivedascholarshipfromBangkokUniversitytopursueaPh.D.inEnglishasaninternationallanguageatChulalongkornUniversity.Sheisrightnowintheprocessofwritingupherdissertationunderthesupervisionofheradvisor,AssociateProfessorDr.SumaleeChinokul.Herdissertationprojectwasselectedtoreceiveafinancialsp
4、onsorshipfromThe90thAnniversaryofChulalongkornUniversityFund.HerresearchinterestisinESPandcoursedevelopment.AssociateProfessorDr.SumaleeChinokulobtainedherDoctorofPhilosophyinAppliedLinguisticsfromTheUniversityofSydney,Australia.Sheiscurrentlyafull-timeteacherofafacultyofEducationandpost
5、graduateprograminEnglishasanInternationalLanguage(EIL)atChulalongkornUniversity,Thailand.ShehasbeensupervisingundergraduateandgraduatestudentsinthefieldofeducationandEIL.Sheistheauthorof7andco-authorof3scientificresearchpapers.HerresearchinterestisinESP,teachereducationandclassroom-based
6、research.46ESPWorld,www.esp-world.info,Issue4(25),Volume8,2009AbstractTheissueofdiscrepanciesbetweenuniversityEnglishlanguagecurriculumandEnglishrequirementsattheworkplacehasresultedinincompetentEnglishlanguagegraduates.Thishasinfluencedatrendtowardthepromotionofoccupational/professional
7、educationinhighereducationsuchasAcademic-for-occupationalpurposesEnglish(EA/OP)inESPworld.Thestudyproposestheuseofacompetency-basedapproachandpresentsadetailedprocessfordevelopingsuchacoursestep-by-step,withafocusonequippingundergraduatePRstudentswiththeneededcompetencies