A Study of Out-of-Class English Language Learning Activities: A Case Study of Undergraduate Students at Mae Fah Luang University
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This study aimed at investigating students’ participation in out-of-class English language learning activities and the perception towards the effectiveness of the out-of-class English language learning activities to their English language development. The subjects of this study were 120 undergraduate students enrolled in English 1 at Mae Fah Luang University. Data collection was conducted by employing a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The findings showed that listening to English songs, watching English movies, watching movies with English subtitle, talking with friends in English, watching English lessons on Youtube, and playing English online games were the out-of-class English language learning activities that over 50 percent of the participants have participated in respectively. Moreover, all students perceived the effectiveness of the activities to English language development even though the objectives of participation were different from one another.
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