Careful Academic Claims

Level 6

Compare อาจกล่าวได้ว่า, “it could be said that,” with expressions built around มีแนวโน้ม, “have a tendency.” The examples show a cautious conclusion and statements about an expected direction.

How It Works

A cautious phrase tells the reader how a writer presents a claim. It does not make the evidence stronger or the claim true.

1. อาจกล่าวได้ว่า
Read this as “it could be said that” in the research-results example. อาจ contributes possibility, and ว่า introduces the content of what is said. The policy example puts ดังนั้น จึง before the phrase to present a conclusion. These are complete examples, not a rule that a conclusion marker must appear.
A scholarly text can also put a named subject before อาจกล่าวได้ว่าเป็น. The subject need not be the person doing the research: the cited study itself occupies that position in the primary research passage. Read who or what the whole sentence is evaluating.

2. มีแนวโน้ม
This wording describes a tendency. In the economy example, เศรษฐกิจในไตรมาสหน้า is followed by มีแนวโน้มว่าจะฟื้นตัวอย่างต่อเนื่อง. The writer presents recovery as the expected direction, rather than guaranteeing it. In the learner example, ผู้เรียนมีแนวโน้มที่จะทำคะแนนได้ดีขึ้น links the learners to a tendency to improve their scores. A published research passage also uses a subject followed by มีแนวโน้มที่จะ and an action.

3. Keep The Complete Construction
The examples use different material after แนวโน้ม: ว่าจะ in one and ที่จะ in the other. Learn those complete patterns without treating ว่า, ที่จะ, ว่าจะ, and จะ as freely interchangeable in every sentence. Adding a degree word does not automatically make a new complement pattern acceptable.

4. Match The Claim To The Evidence
A conclusion introduced by อาจกล่าวได้ว่า still needs support. A tendency is not a promise about every person or event. If you negate a claim, check exactly what is denied: the ability to state a conclusion, the tendency, or the outcome itself. This lesson does not assign equivalent scope to different negative constructions.

5. Clarifying And Concluding
กล่าวคือ introduces a clarification such as “that is to say.” That function differs from presenting a cautious conclusion with อาจกล่าวได้ว่า. The examples here model academic wording; they do not establish how frequent either phrase is in everyday speech.

Examples (4)

  1. จากผลการวิจัย อาจกล่าวได้ว่าปัจจัยทางสังคมมีอิทธิพลต่อการตัดสินใจของผู้บริโภค

    From the research results, it could be said that social factors influence consumer decision-making.

    Word by Word: from result research may say can that factor way society have influence per decision of consumer

    จากผลการวิจัย identifies the research results as the basis for the conclusion introduced by อาจกล่าวได้ว่า. The sentence illustrates wording; it does not verify the claim about consumers.

  2. เศรษฐกิจในไตรมาสหน้ามีแนวโน้มว่าจะฟื้นตัวอย่างต่อเนื่อง

    The economy in the next quarter is likely to recover continuously.

    Word by Word: economy in quarter next have trend that will recover body way continuous

    Here, มีแนวโน้มว่า is followed by a full clause (จะฟื้นตัวอย่างต่อเนื่อง) with the subject implied from the topic.

  3. ผู้เรียนมีแนวโน้มที่จะทำคะแนนได้ดีขึ้นหากได้รับการฝึกฝนอย่างสม่ำเสมอ

    Learners are likely to score better if they receive consistent practice.

    Word by Word: learner have trend that will make score get good up if get receive practice way consistent

    The subject ผู้เรียน comes before มีแนวโน้มที่จะทำคะแนนได้ดีขึ้น. ที่จะ links the tendency to improving the scores in this example; the wording does not guarantee that every learner improves.

  4. ดังนั้น จึงอาจกล่าวได้ว่านโยบายนี้ประสบความสำเร็จ

    Therefore, it might be said that this policy was successful.

    Word by Word: therefore thus may say can that policy this meet success

    ดังนั้น จึง leads into the cautious conclusion with อาจกล่าวได้ว่า. This illustrates the sentence structure without independently establishing that the policy succeeded.