Tatiya Yuktiwattanamate. English self-learning with print media and electronic media of RMUTP undergraduate engineering students. Master's Degree(English for Careers). Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library. : Thammasat University, 2015.
English self-learning with print media and electronic media of RMUTP undergraduate engineering students
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to survey the needs of RMUTP undergraduate engineering students for the improvement of English skills, to investigate the use of print media and electronic media in English self-learning and to find their preferred media use as English self-learners. The participants were 80 students from the 1th and 4th year in Electrical and Mechanical departments, twenty from each group. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisting of three sections. The first section is about background information of learners, self-rated English skills and ranking English skills which the students would like to improve. The second section is about the frequency of the media use for English self-learning. The third section is about ranking of the media which learners found useful for English self- learning. The results indicated that the students rated reading as their best skill while listening and speaking skills required improvement. English books were the most popular print media while Facebook and YouTube were the electronic media most often used for improvement of the four English skills. The top five print media that students found useful were English books, posters, leaflets, English comics and pamphlets. The top five electronic media that students found useful are Facebook, YouTube, electronic cartoons, electronic stories and Twitter. In addition, the use of electronic media was more popular than that of print media for English self-learning
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