Factors Causes Students Low English Lan

International Journal of English Language Education
ISSN 2325-0887
2013, Vol. 1, No. 1

Factors Causes Students Low English Language
Learning: A Case Study in the National University of
Laos
Thongma Souriyavongsa (Corresponding author)
School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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Sam Rany
School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin
School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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Leong Lai Mei
School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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Received: December 6, 2012

Accepted: January 21, 2013

Published: January 22, 2013

doi:10.5296/ijele.v1i1.3100

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v1i1.3100

Abstract
It has been generally well-known that most people faced some problems in learning English as a second or foreign language in non-English speaking countries; for example, in Lao
People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This paper has a main purpose to explore students-teachers’ weakness towards English language learning as a foreign language of a
Continuing Summer Program for Bachelor’s degree of Teacher Education in English at the
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Faculty of Education (FOE), the National University of Laos (NUOL) in Lao. A study focuses on the reasons that impact on their poor English performance. Data were drawn from the question “Why Lao students weak in English?”. This question was administered to 30
English students-teachers in order to respond with their own views. Each respondent listed ten reasons that mentioned why students are poor in English language performance. Based on the findings of this research, main causes have been included namely: first, the

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