An Analysis on English Learning Problems of the Students of Mahapajapati Buddhist College, Mahamakut Buddhist Universi

Abstract

          This research arcicle has 3 objectives. (1) To study problem conditions of English study of the students of English for Communication Program, Mahapajapati Buddhist College, Mahamakut Buddhist University. (2) To analyze factors of the problems in the real conditions. (3) To offer the ways to improve the English teaching. This research is a qualitative research, collecting data by in-depth interviews the 30 samples which were selected by probability sampling in type of simple random sampling and then paraphrased the data to be a conclusion in the analysis form and made an analysis and synthesis respectively.

          The research found that (1) learning problems of the students of each year class had similarities. The most problems were with the lecturers. Besides, the problems also were resulted from Coronavirus 2019 epidemic and the political situation in Myanmar because the most proportion of students is Burmese. (2) The factors affecting the students’ learning conformed to the research hypothesis. They were curriculum, student, lecturer, university, and social context of the students. The most negative factor was Lecturer. (3) The improvement for English teaching should cover the students, the lecturers, the curriculum, and the social context of both students and lecturers.