Some Difficulties Encountered by First year Non-English Specialization Students of Myingyan Degree College in Studying the New Course "Straight Forward"

Author: Than Than Nyunt

Abstract:

          This research aims to explore the difficulties encountered by first year non-English specialization students in Myingyan Degree College studying the new course “Straight Forward”. To fulfill the requirements of the study, a total of 150 first year students who specialized in Chemistry and Mathematics were given questionnaires consisting of 36 items under five main categories. They had to give response to each item under five main categories: Academic factors, instructional factors, personal factors, linguistic factors and socio cultural factors. The responses of the students were analysed statistically and the findings showed that instructional factors and personal factors had the lowest means (3.37 and 3.64) while the academic factors had the highest mean (4.29).
Key words: difficulties, academic, instructional, personal, linguistic, sociocultural, factors

Published:  Myingyan Degree College Research Journal (Vol-7)