The purpose of this study is 1 to study English speaking improvement of Bachelor of Arts second year students at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. 2 to find out the ways to improve English speaking for Bachelor of Artssecond year students at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. 3 to provide the suggestions for method of English-speaking improvement enhance the ability of the second-year students. Research method using in the study is qualitative and quantitative. A population for this research is 63 students. Sample of the study is 60 Bachelor of Arts second year students. The tools for collecting data in the study include both in-depth interview and questionnaire. To do an analysis of the qualitative information and the content analysis is used for the analysis of the quantitative information and the statistics including Percentage, Frequency, Mean, and Standard Deviation (S.D), use SPSS program.

After analyzing the quantitative data, the result indicates two findings which are students’ English-speaking improvement and difficulties of English speaking. As regard to the results of students speaking improvement, the first highest average is the item one that states “they can speak English very well in the class.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 41.18 and standard deviation is equal to 92. Second highest average is item eight that states about the convenient of communication in English in the class room. The statistical figure Mean is equal to 4.15 and standard deviation is equal to 81. Third highest average is the item number thirteen that describes about the students’ communication with international students in the class room. The statistical figures Mean is equal to 4.06 and standard deviation is equal to 73. Four highest average is the item ten that states about confidence of speaking in speaking English. The statistical figures Mean is equal to 4.03 and standard deviation is equal to 68.

In contrast, the finding reveals that regarding the difficulty of English speaking most of the students have the problems with “item 15: they have difficulty to express their ideas in English.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 3.53 and standard deviation is equal to 1.01. Second difficulty is “item 18: they don’t hesitate in speaking to other.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 3.56 and standard deviation is equal to 96. Third difficulty is “item 14: they have enough vocabulary knowledge to speak with other people.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 3.58 and standard deviation is equal to 80. Four difficulty is “item 3:they have no difficulty in speaking with native speakers in the classroom.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 3.61 and standard deviation is equal to 95. Five difficulty is “item 11: they don’t feel shy when I speak English.” The statistical figure Mean is equal to 3.61 and standard deviation is equal to 95. Six difficulty is “item 5: Speaking English in front of the public is not difficult for me.” The statistical figures Mean is equal to 3.63 and standard deviation is 1.00.

In qualitative finding results, it is revealed that the students need to listen to foreign news, foreign songs, Dhamma talk in English, participating in foreign ceremony or conference such as international research and international day of Vesak to improve their English speaking. Using audio visual aids that can be helped for improving listening skills and many other ways as required by learners. Moreover, physical practices should be emphasized. Speaking and listening should come together. Students also need to try to practices in speaking very often. Furthermore, listening to the English songs should be done first. To learn English grammar as well.

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