Factors Affecting the English Achievement of English Structure and Usage of Students in Hotel and Tourism Program
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The objectives of this research were 1) to study the factors of achievement toward English structure and usage of students in hotel and tourism program and 2) to analyze the factors of achievement toward English structure and usage of students in hotel and tourism program. There are five factors on the research: 1) Study habits 2) Self-confidence 3) Motivation 4) Parental Support and 5) Classroom Environment. 160 students in hotel and tourism program of Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University were selected to be a sample by using Simple random sampling. A specific questionnaire and Descriptive statistics and Correlation were used for data collection and analysis. On the research, it was found that: there were two factors with the highest mean 2.79, including study habits and classroom environment. Moreover, all five factors had positive relation to the study achievement of English structure and usage program in hotel and tourism students, while only parental support and self-confidence had an effect to the study achievement of English structure and usage program in hotel and tourism students with significance at the level of 0.1.
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