International Journal of Language & Linguistics

A Study of Related Factors Impacting on English Foreign Language Students’ English Comprehension and Production in Classrooms
Patumporn Boonchum

Abstract
This study investigated factors which had an impact on EFL students’ English comprehension and production in classrooms. The participants were 99 undergraduate students both male and female studying in the English major at Phibulsongkram Rajabhat University. The purpose of study was to find factors that had a positive impact on EFL students’ English language comprehension and production and to investigate the relationships between the factors affecting students’ English language comprehension and production. The questionnaire used in this study was a 5 point of Likert questionnaire. A Paired Two Sample T-test for Mean ( X ) was carried out to test the hypothesis of the study. The research findings revealed that there were five factors that had a positive impact on EFL students’ English comprehension and production including motivation, attitude towards English, teachers’ qualifications and characteristics, teaching and learning materials, and methods of teaching in classrooms is significant at the .05 level.

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