The The Study of English Learning Strategies at Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to 1) investigate the English learning strategies used for the first year students and 2) to examine the relationship between the use of English learning strategies and variables including gender and major. The participants were 142 students from Public Health Program, Community Public Health Program, Dental Public Health Program and, Thai Traditional Medicine Program, Sirindhorn College of Public Health Phitsanulok Province, selected by  purposive sampling technique. The three instruments used in gathering the data  were the 5-scale questionnaire adapted from Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for  Language Learning (SILL) at the test reliability 0.871 and the semi-structured  interview. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics as follows: percentage, arithmetic mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.), t-test, F-test, and Schhefe’ Method.

The findings showed that the overall English learning strategy was moderate. The English learning strategies were not significantly related to gender and major at 0.05. However, there was significantly related to the metacognitive English learning strategy at the level of 0.05. The result indicated that English learning strategies were an important variable deserving attention by English language teachers.