Pornapit Darasawang

Title: Associate Professor Dr.

Position: Dean

Department: Language Studies

Educational background:

Year Degree earned Institution
2000 Ph.D. (TESOL) University of Edinburgh
1996 M.A. (TESOL) Moray House Institute of Education, Hariot-Watt University
1983 M.Ed. (Reading) Towson State University
1981 B.A. (English) Chulalongkorn University

Professional experience:
Working at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi since 1984

Research interests:
Learner autonomy, self-access learning, learner training

Publications:

Journals

  • Parnrod, U., Darasawang, P. and Singhasiri, W., Styles, Strategies & Tasks: Are They Related?, PASAA, Volume 47, January – June 2014, pp. 1 – 32.
  • Tian, W., Watson Todd, R. and Darasawang, P., Scaffolding in PhD Supervisory Talk, LITU Journal, Vol. 5, 2012, pp. 30 – 44.
  • Darasawang, P., Becoming a Counsellor: Between Belief and Behaviour, ASIAN EFL Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 3, September 2011, pp. 87 – 102.
  • Darasawang, P and Reinders, H., (2010) Encouraging Autonomy with an Online Language Support System, CALL-EJ Online, 11(2).
  • Watson, Todd, R., Khongput, S. and Darasawang, P., (2007) Coherence, Cohesion and Comments on Students’ Academic Essays, Assessing Writing, 12(1), pp. 10 – 25.
  • Ngamwilaipong, N., Darasawang, P. and Srimavin, W., (2007) Communication Strategies to Solve Lexical Problems in Writing, rEFLections, 10, pp. 48 – 54.
  • Darasawang, P., (2007) Developing Learner Autonomy, Suranaree Journal of Social Science 1(1), pp. 89 – 98.
  • Suparp, S.; Watson Todd, R. and Darasawang, P., (2006) Supporting Langugae Learning from a Computer Game, CALL-EJ, 7(2).
  • Darasawang, P. and Srimavin, W., (2006) Using A Lecture And Tutorial Approach in Teaching Large Classes, rEFLections, 9, pp. 41 – 49.
  • Darasawang, P., (2005) Language Awareness Activities for English Major Students, Thoughts, April 2005, pp. 49 – 56.

Books

  • Watson Todd, R., Darasawang, P. and Reinders, H., Innovation in Language Teaching: Lessons Learned, (2015) In Darasawang, P. and Reinders, H. (eds.) Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Thailand, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 160 – 168.
  • Kongchan, C. and Darasawang, P., Roles of Self-Access Centres in the Success of Language Learning, (2015) In Darasawang, P. and Reinders, H. (eds.) Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Thailand, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 76 – 88.
  • Darasawang, P., Materials Design for TBLT in Thailand: Balancing Process and Content (Part 5: Materials and curriculum design), In Thomas, M. and Reinders, H. (eds.), Contemporary Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2015, pp. 279 – 290.
  • Darasawang, P., Chamot, A. U. and Cooker, L., The Story of a Self-Access Centre: Reflections on Challenges and Success (Chapter 8), In Andy Barfield and Natanael Delgado (eds.), Autonomy in Language Learning: Stories of Practices, United Kingdom: IATEFL Learne Autonomy SIG, 2013, pp. 87 – 96.
  • Reinders, H. and Darasawang, P., Diversity in learner support, In G. Stockwell (ed.), Computer-Assisted Language Learners, Cambridge: CUP, 2012, pp. 49 – 70.
  • Darasawang, P. and Watson Todd, R., The effect of policy on English language teaching at secondary schools in Thailand, In Louw, E.-L. and Hashim, A. (eds.), English in Southeast Asia: Features, Policy and Language in Use, xiv, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012, pp. 207 – 220.
  • Darasawang, P. Singhasiri, W. and Keyurawong, S., (2007) Developing Student Support in Self-access Centres, In S. Brown and A. Barfield (eds) Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education: Inquiry and Innovation, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 167 – 179.
  • Darasawang, P., (2007) English Language Teaching and Education in Thailand: A Decade of Change, In D. Prescott (ed) English in Southeast Asia: Varieties, Literacies and Literatures, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 187-204.

Others

  • Darasawang, P., Looking back on 20 years of self-access: insights from King’s Mongkut’s University of Technology, Independence, Summer 2011, Issue 52, pp. 28 – 32.
  • สุวลี  ชินกำธรวงศ์, พรนภิส  ดาราสว่าง, ชฎา  กองจันทร์, วิชัย  กฤตประโยชน์ และ นิชาพร  ยอดมณี, การเรียนรู้ภาษาอังกฤษแบบพึ่งตนเอง, 50 บทความ เพื่อการฉลอง 50 ปีแห่งการก่อตั้งมหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าธนบุรี ฉบับที่ 6: มจธ.กับนวัตกรรมการสอน วิจัย และการเรียนรู้ (2), 2553, หน้า 55 – 65.

Conference proceedings

  • Jantori, P., Tepsuriwong, S. and Darasawang, P., Native and Non-Native English Speaking Teachers’ Beliefs about Written Corrective Feedback, Proceedings of the Sixth CLS International Conference (CLaSIC 2014), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 4 – 6 December 2014, pp. 206 – 222.
  • Deghan, A. and Darasawang, P., Independent Learning through the Use of Data Driven Learning, Proceedings of the International Conference on Doing Research in Applied Linguistics 2 / Independent Learning Association Conference 2014, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, 12 – 14 June 2014, p. 96 – 105.
  • Jantori, P., Tepsuriwong, S. and Darasawang, P., Using Repertory Grid Interview to Investigate Teachers’ Beliefs about Feedback on Writing, CD Proceedings of the International Conference on Doing Research in Applied Linguistics 2 / Independent Learning Association Conference 2014, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, 12 – 14 June 2014, pp. 145 – 154.
  • Wilang, J. and Darasawang, P., Strategies in Scaffolding Mutual Understanding among Non-Native Speakers, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language and Communication “Innovative Inquiries and Emerging Paradigms in Language, Media and Communication”, The National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, 12 – 13 December 2013, pp. 3 – 13.
  • Yantraprakorn, P., Darasawang, P. and Wiriyakarun, P., The Attributes of Successful Distance Language Learners, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language-Learning (AsiaCALL 2013), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 20 – 23 November 2013, pp. 1 – 9.
  • Rungruengkiat, K, and Darasawang, P., Uncovering a Cultural Black Box: A Case Study of a Classroom Discourse of a Regional Award-winning Thai Social Sciences Teacher in a Topic of Culture, Online Proceedings of the 5th Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2014), 23 – 27 October 2013, Osaka, Japan, pp. 134 – 149.
  • Parnrod, U, Darasawang, P. and Singhasiri, W., An Investigation of EFL Engineering Students’ Cognitive Styles: Implications for Designing Language Tasks, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Language, Linguistics, Literature and Education (ISLLLE 2013), 7 – 9 November 2013, Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan, pp. 371 – 381.
  • Yantraprakorn, P., Darasawang, P. and Wiriyakarun, P., Enhancing Self-efficacy Through Scaffolding, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching 2013 (FLLT 2013) “Research, Renovation and Reinforcement: Enhancing Quality in Language Education”, 15 – 16 March 2013, The Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 284 – 295.
  • Jantori, P., Watson Todd, R. and Darasawang, P., Cultural Schemata and Reading Comprehension, Proceedings of the 1st International English Language and Literary Studies Conference “Expanding Horizons in English Language and Literary Studies (ELLS)”, Montien Hotel, Bangkok, 18 – 20 October 2011, pp. 219 – 223.
  • Darasawang, P., An Inductive Approach to Curriculum Design: English for Occupational Purposes, Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Applied Foreign Languages (Applied English), 2010, Taiwan: National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, pp. 1 – 5.

Presentations:

  • Darasawang, P. (Invited speaker), Measuring Learner Autonomy: A Research Synthesis on Research Methodology and Results, The 2ndThammasat University International ELT Conference “Redesigning the Ecology of Asian Englishes: Where Theory Meets Practice”, Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 6 – 7 June 2014.
  • Darasawang, P. (keynote speaker), Revisiting Reflections in Learning, Teaching and Research, The Asian EFL Journal and TESOL Asia International Conference, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, 31 January – 2 February 2014, p. 18.
  • Darasawang, P. (Invited speaker), Educational Ideologies and their Implications for the Practice of ESP, The 2013 International Conference on Applied Foreign Language on ‘Greeting the New Age of ESP: Practice, Innovation and Vision’, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality, Taiwan, 23 – 24 May 2013.
  • Darasawang, P. (Keynote panel discussion), Technology in Education and Language Education: Thailand in Focus, The 10th AsiaCALL Conference on ‘Mobility in Language Teaching and Learning through Technology, Fourwings Hotel, Bangkok, 18 – 20 November 2011.
  • Keynote speaker for the 2010 International Conference on ‘Greeting the New Age of English for Professional Purposes- Innovation, Practicism and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability), National Kaohsiung Hospitality College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April 24, 2010.
  • Keynote speaker at the seminar on ‘How does English language Instruction promote education for sustainable development’. Division of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, 14 November 2008.
  • Darasawang, P., Using Technology in Teaching Foreign Languages at Tertiary Level, Language Institute, Srinakarinwirot University, 20 August 2008.
  • Darasawang, P., Paladesh, O., Wannarak, A. and Tipsuwannakul, T., Self-assessment of Undergraduate Students at Mahidol University in Reading-aloud and Oral Presentation through Training, The 9th National Grad Research Conference, Burapha University, 14 – 15 March 2008.
  • Darasawang, P., Student English Access Room (SEAR): Where are we now and in which direction are we going?, ThaiTESOL Conference, Khon Kaen. 24 – 26 January 2008.
  • Darasawang, P. (Featured speaker), Different Goals and Approaches in Metacognitive Strategy Training, The 24th International Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the Republic of China, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, 5 – 6 May 2007.
  • Guest speaker for the annual English for Specific Purposes Conference, China University of Technology, Taipei, 4 May 2007.
  • Guest speaker for the pre-conference activity, Kaohsiung Hospitality College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 3 May 2007.
  • Ursula  Wall, Darasawang, P., and Singhasiri, W., Teacher’s expectations & experience teaching a modular Intensive English program at a Thai university, The 4th Thammasat University Program 2007 “Navigating Pathway: to Success in ELT”, Thammasat University, 2007.
  • Darasawang, P., (2006) Training Counselors for Self-Access Centres, Paper presented at the CULI’s 6th International Conference, 27 - 29 November 2006, Bangkok.

Contact details: 02 470 8701

Email: pornapit.dar@kmutt.ac.th



King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi