Education
•   B.A. (Major in English, Minor in Mandarin Chinese) Thammasat University, Thailand
•   M.A. (Linguistics)University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States of America
•   Ph.D. (Linguistics) University of Hawaii, United States of America
 
Research Interest
1.
Sociolinguistics
2.
Language learning and language teaching
3.
Chinese linguistics
4.
Lexicography
5.
Anthropological Linguistics
 
Research Projects (7)
2024 :
Reducing indigenous inequalities: Contextualizing strategies and policies for achieving community empowerment in different global regions_Funded by the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)._[Project leader]
2024 :
Language, Culture and sustainable community development: Taking the conversation further 2024-2025_Funded by The British Academy_[Project leader]
2023 :
Crossed-border migrants and Thai workers in elderly care is relevant, complex, and timely topic._Funded by the Strategic Research Fund: MU-SSHA._[Co-researcher]
2022 :
Research writing workshop on "Language, culture and sustainable community development"
2021 :
โครงการเยาวชนร่วมใจรักษ์พิพิธภัณฑ์ท้องถิ่น: การจัดการความรู้มรดกภาษาวัฒนธรรมใกล้สูญด้วยทักษะดิจิทัล [ผู้ร่วมวิจัย, อยู่ระหว่างดำเนินการ]
2020 :
Study of dynamics of language loss: Toward understanding of language declination in younger speakers of Okinoerabu: Ongoing 2020-2024
2019 :
โครงการ Capacity building and development of a reproducible model for language and culture reclamation in minority commuities: A comparative case study of the Black Tai and the Tai Boeng people in Thailand
 
Publications (8)
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Suraratdecha, S. , and Tayjasanant, C.. (2020). Thai teachers’ self-assessment and student perceptions on the practice of autonomy. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 41, 46–52.
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Tayjasanant, C., Suraratdecha, S.. (2016). Tayjasanant Thai EFL Teachers and Learners’ Beliefs and Readiness for Autonomous Learning. The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 22(3), 153 – 169.
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Burusphat, S., Ardsamiti, N., suraratdecha, S. and Yamabhai, J.. (2014). Ethnic Tourism Development in Thailand: The Case of the Black Tai. The Journal of Lao Studies, 5(1), 108-125.
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Burusphat S., Deepadung, S., Suraratdecha, S., Ardsamiti, N., Patpong, P. and Setapong, P.. (2011). Language Vitality and the Ethnic Tourism Development of the Lao Ethnic Groups in the Western Region of Thailand. Journal of Lao Studies, 2(2), 23-46.
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Burusphat, S., Deepadung, S., Suraratdecha, S., Ardsamiti, N., Patpong, P. and Setapong, P.. (2011). Ethno-linguistic maps of the western region of Thailand. Journal of Language and Culture, 30 (2), 83-114.
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Deepadung, S., Suraratdecha, S., Ardsmiti, N. and Setaphong, P.. (2011). Sujaritlak Deepadung, Sumittra Suraratdecha, Narong Ardsmiti and Pichet Setaphong. (2011). Language Vitality and Mon Ethnic Group Attitudes Towards Ethnic Tourism Development in the Western Region of Thailand: A Preliminary Report. Mon-Khmer Studies Journal , Special issue 3, , 19 - 32.
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Burusphat, S., Deepadung, S., Suraratdecha, S., Ardsamiti, N., Patpong, P. and Setapong, P.. (2011). พลังชีวิตและภาวะการถดถอยภาษากลุ่มชาติพันธุ์ในภูมิภาคตะวันตกของประเทศไทย. The Journal, 7 (1), 27-54.
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Suraratdecha, S. . (0). Ethnic Tourism and the Maintenance of the Dai Language and Culture in Xishuangbanna. Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 13-16, 2010. , , .
 
Presentations (0)
 
Other Products (1)
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Sumittra Suraratdecha . ( 2014 ). Language and Cultural Rights in the Ethnic Revival Movement of the Black Tai in Khaoyoi, Petchaburi. Pranee Liamputtong (Ed.), Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand (pp. 237-252). Australia: Springer .