The Major Quantitative Findings of a Study of the English Language-Based Study Skills Problems of Two Groups of Foreign Students at an American University [microform] / M. Solaiman Ali
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- Ali, M. Solaiman
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 26 p.
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A study examined the English-language-based study skills problems of 44 Indonesian and 57 Malaysian students studying at Indiana University, Bloomington. The Indonesian and Malaysian student groups represented non-Commonwealth and Commonwealth students sharing the same native language roots but differing in terms of previous exposure to the English language. Data included responses to a questionnaire. Results of chi-square tests indicated that the following dependent variables had significant associations with some specific English-language-based study skills problems: (1) length of stay in the United States; (2) prior residence in an English-speaking country; and (3) prior use of English as the medium of learning. Results of t-tests indicated that the subjects' problems differed significantly in terms of the following independent variables: educational level; prior use of English as a medium of instruction; residence in an English-speaking country before beginning studies in the United States; and length of stay in the United States. Findings suggest that serious English-language-based study skills problems existed for the student population and that there was an urgent need for training in the problem areas identified. Further research is needed to learn more about students' coping strategies, teacher perceptions, problems of other nationality groups, and effect on final performance in the course. (The questionnaire is attached.) (RS)
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- ERIC Note: For a related document, see ED 358 497.
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