The popularity of studying Spanish as a foreign language in secondary school has increased in the last 5 years in Thailand and Triam Udom Suksa school is the first secondary school that offers Spanish classes with the aim to create students that are increasingly interested in enrolling every year with Spanish language skills. The purpose of this research is to study the motivations and attitudes of Triam Udom Suksa School students toward learning Spanish. The surveys were done by 60 students from Mattayom 4 to Mattayom 6. The findings showed that their experience and knowledge of Spanish mostly came from entertainment media such as songs, dramas, series, beauty pageants, sports games, or other media with Spanish insertion. The main reason why they chose to study Spanish language was that they believed that it would be a good opportunity for them in their future career as Spanish is spoken by few people in Thailand. The results from this study could be used as a database and as a guideline for increasing students’ motivation and positive attitudes toward learning Spanish. Such information is useful for Spanish teachers in secondary school to design and develop appropriate contents for Spanish courses to improve student’s academic achievement.

de dedicarse profesionalmente al sector turístico y en la Universidad de Khon Kaen se les prepara para ello impartiendo la asignatura de Turismo con un programa muy particular orientado al mundo laboral donde se les proporciona a los estudiantes una

from 30 fourth year Thai Spanish Major students who study in the Spanish Department, Khon Kaen University. Making a request is one of the speech acts frequently used in human everyday life. Requests are face-threatening acts because a speaker wants