APPROACHES TO IMPROVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FOR LAO STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – VIETNAM

Education & Linguistics

The research is aimed to make statistics and description of the number and characteristics of Lao students studying at Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration (TUEBA) in Thai Nguyen City of Vietnam, then to describe and analyze their progress of learning results of English courses over the last three years and finally, from the analysis and synthesis results, some suggestions and measures to improve their English language proficiency have been proposed in detail. A mixed research design using two questionnaires and dozens of in-depth interviews with Lao students and lecturers of English at TUEBA were employed for achieving the objectives of the research. Results found out six core difficulties of Lao students in learning English and suggested seven possible solutions to improving their English proficiency for communication purposes at TUEBA. The research has significantly contributed to improving the quality of English training in the university; thereby improving the university’s ability and efficiency of recruiting Lao students in particular and international students in general.

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