| Resumo: | This study, sponsored by Thailand Research Fund, examines the correlations between the students’ language abilities and their educational backgrounds. About nine hundred ninth grade students in six public high schools across the country participated in this study. The language abilities measured were word analogy, grammar sensitivity, reading comprehension, and new word invention. Their educational
backgrounds comprise of grade point average, age when began studying English, and years of English education were collected. Pearson product moment was used to investigate the correlations between the language abilities and the educational backgrounds. The major finding shows that new word invention is highly and significantly correlated with grade point average. It seems that good students
understand the concept of “word” and enjoy playing with words. The significant implication of this study is dealing with the selection of the students to the English program.
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