This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Arts in English (International Program), Faculty of Humanities, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Wang Noi, Ayutthaya, Thailand.

              The main purpose of this research is 1) to study English instructions of Shan teachers at School for Youth Improvement (SYI), Keng Tung Province in Shan State of Myanmar and 2) to analyze English instructions of Shan teachers at School for Youth Improvement, Keng Tung Province in Shan State of Myanmar. A number of the respondent are consisted of 35 persons including 5 teachers. The instrument used in this study is both qualitative and quantitative method. The tools used for collecting the data are questionnaire and interview to survey English instructions of Shan teachers and the information was analyzed by using SPSS program, such as means and Standard Deviation.

              After doing this research, the level of English instructions of Shan teachers at School for Youth Improvement (SYI) has been found that most of students having satisfied and proud of being students at School for Youth Improvement. Most of them have been improved four skills of English after having finished their studied.

              Listening skills, when considering each item, it was found that the highest average score is student who would like to improve listening skill, needs to listen from any kind of listening materials, like daily conversation, English music or radio in every day (mean = 4.57, S.D. = .679) average.

              Speaking skills, when considering each item, it was found that all most of the scores were at the agreed level. The highest average score was to improve speaking skills, students should try to speak in any situations in daily life (mean = 4.77, S.D. =.430) average.

              Reading skills, when considering each item, it was found that all most of the scores were at the agreed level. The highest average score was the more we read, the more we can write a language (mean = 4.40, S.D. =.675) average.

              Writing skills, when considering each item, it was found that all most of the scores were at the agreed level. The highest average score was understanding the rules of grammar was an essential in writing skills (mean = 4.50, S.D. =.630) average.

              The researcher can say that most of teaching methods and teaching materials that teachers used at School for Youth Improvement are the students center and it depends on students. Most of teachers said that the main problems in teaching English to develop students' language skills are as 1) they need more English lesson books and learning books for teachers and students, 2) they need more professional teachers to develop procedures and curriculums of school, 3) they need more teachers who love teaching and shared their ideas for students, 4) they need more teaching materials in classroom and good librarian for students.

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