Factors Predicting the English Use in Daily lives of Student Nurses, Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Lampang, Thailand
Keywords:
English Use in Daily lives, Student Nurses, Factors PredictingAbstract
The purposes of this research were to study English used in daily life and to study factors predicting English used in daily life of nursing students, Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Lampang. The sample consisted of 310 nursing students. The research instruments were questionnaires consisting of part 1general information of the sample, part 2 factors predicting English used in daily life and part 3 use of English in Daily life. The questionnaire was reviewed by experts, the content validity index was 0.98 and the reliability was evaluated by using the alpha Cronbach coefficient equal to 0.86. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis and Pearson correlation.
The research results showed that 1) English language used in daily life in general is rarely used ( = 2.94, SD = 1.01). The most frequently used was listening ( = 3.35, SD = 0.96) reading ( = 2.83, SD = 0.98) writing ( = 2.82, SD = 1.05) and speaking ( = 2.77, SD = 1.04) respectively. 2) Family and friends, technology and physical environment were able to predict English used in daily life for 26.4 percent (R2= .264, p< 0.01). The most predictable factor is family and friends (Beta = 0.259, p< 0.01), technology (Beta = 0.234, p< 0.01), and physical environment (Beta = 0.178, p< 0.01) respectively.
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