Factors Affective Japanese Learning Achievement of the First Year Japanese Major Students at University of Phayao

Abstract

The purpose of this paper research was to study factors contributing to academic achievement of first year students in Japanese major, University of Phayao in the academic year 2015. Three factors such as entering university (University admission system), high school GPA and previous Japanese knowledge were analyzed by correlation, One-way ANOVA and t-test. The instruments were questionnaires and interview forms. The result showed that the factors which made student differently outcomes at the statistical level .05 were high school GPA. The finding revealed that high school GPA should be concerned as the admission factors. And Japanese unlearned students deserve chance to study in Japanese language Program at University of Phayao.