The purposes of this study were (a) to determine whether the two types of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programs at Srinakharinwirot University (SWU), Thailand, made any differences on the students' English skill performances as measured by the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); and (b) to determine the relative English language strengths and weaknesses of EFL majors in the faculties of education and humanities. / The subjects were 157 fourth-year EFL majors in the faculties of education and humanities at three SWU campuses, namely, Prasarnmitr, Bangsan, and Songkhla. Eighty-four were from the faculty of education and 73 were from the faculty of humanities. / The independent variable was the EFL program which had two attributes: education EFL program and humanities EFL program. The dependent variables were four elements of the TOEFL score: TOEFL total scores, TOEFL listening comprehension scores, TOEFL structure scores, and TOEFL reading comprehension scores. The two control variables (the covariates in this study) were the student's grade point average in English courses and the number of years the student had studied English. / The hypotheses tested were that there were no significant differences between the mean scores in (a) TOEFL total, (b) TOEFL listening comprehension, (c) TOEFL structure, and (d) TOEFL reading comprehension of the education EFL majors and those of the humanities EFL majors. / Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The .05 alpha level was set as a criterion for the rejection of the hypotheses. / The findings showed that the two EFL programs at SWU did not make significant differences in listening comprehension, structure, or general English skills; but they did make a significant difference in reading comprehension skills. The total TOEFL scores of education EFL majors and humanities EFL majors were 420 and 437, respectively. These scores were below the level required for entry into U.S. and Canadian universities. However, both groups scored highest in language structure and lowest in listening comprehension. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2008. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75836 |
| Contributors | NILRAT, KINGKARN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 105 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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