Thesis (M.Ed.)--Chulalongkorn University, 2013

The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate the effects of English Collocation and Communicative Grammar Instruction on undergraduate students’ English speaking and writing abilities, and 2) to explore students’ opinions towards English Collocation and Communicative Grammar Instruction. The sample was 38 undergraduate students at Udon Thai Rajabhat University enrolling in English for Specific Purposes for Teachers II in semester 2, academic year 2013. The instruments were an English speaking and writing abilities test which were used as a pre- and post-test and an opinion questionnaire. The findings revealed that 1) English speaking and writing post-test mean scores of the undergraduate students were higher than the pre-test mean scores at the significance level of .05. and 2) students’ opinions towards English Collocation and Communicative Grammar Instruction were found positive with the mean score of 4.32. It implied that undergraduate students expressed positive opinions towards English collocation and Communicative Grammar Instruction.