Browsing by Subject "English language class"
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    A comparative study of attitudes toward English language held by Grades 7-10 students at no.1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar
    (Bangkok : Assumption University, 2019) Mang, Yaw ; Gonzalez, Orlando Rafael Gonzalez
    The purpose of the study was two-folded: firstly, to determine the levels of attitudes toward learning English, in terms of four subscales (i.e., English language teacher, English language class, English language textbook and English language work), of Grades 7-10 students at № 1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar; and secondly, to determine if there was a significant difference among Grades 7-10 students at the target school regarding their attitudes toward learning English language in terms of the aforementioned subscales. This quantitative study used the questionnaire originally developed by Uribe, Gutierrez & Madrid (2013), in order to examine students’ attitudes toward English language. The respondents were 529 Grades 7-10 students from № 1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar, during the academic year 2017-18. The research findings indicated that, on average, Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9 students showed positive attitudes toward English language, whereas Grade 10 students, on average, showed neither positive nor negative attitudes toward English language. A Games-Howell post hoc multiple comparison test revealed a significant difference in attitudes toward English language between students from Grade 7 and Grade 9, Grade 7 and Grade 10, Grade 8 and Grade 9, and Grade 8 and Grade 10. Contrarily, it was not found a significant difference in attitudes toward English language in students from Grade 7 and Grade 8, or Grade 9 and Grade 10. Finally, recommendations for teachers, students, administrators and future researchers are presented.
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    The relationship of motivation for learning and perceptual learning style preferences with academic achievement of Chineses Grade 8 students in English language class
    (Bangkok : Assumption University Press, 2021) Li, Miao
    This study’s objective was to determine if there is a significant relationship of motivation for learning and perceptual learning style preferences in English language class with academic achievement of Grade 8 students at a Junior Middle School, Xuanwei, Yunnan, China. A sample of 231 Grade 8 students at a Junior Middle School during the academic year of 2021 attended. In order to measure students' motivation levels and perceptual learning style preferences, two questionnaires were used. In order to determine the students' academic achievement in English learning, the final test score of English class from August of this academic year 2021 was taken as the instrument. After the data was collected, the research objectives and hypothesis were examined by means, standard deviations, frequency, percentage and multiple correlation coefficient. The findings showed that Grade 8 students had slightly high motivation for learning, and their most preferred perceptual learning style was auditory, followed by mixed, kinesthetic, group, tactile, individual and visual learning style. They had a good level of English achievement. There was a positive and significant relationship between the motivation for learning and perceptual learning style preferences with academic achievement in English language class of Grade 8 students at the Junior Middle school.