Factors affecting in english language learning of Muslim students

Abstract

The thesis entitled “Factors affecting in English language learning of Muslim students” was an attempt to identify the affecting factors in English language learning of Muslim students. The design of this study was qualitative with narrative inquiry approach. To collect the data, four Muslim students from Rautahat district were selected as the sample of my study by using non random sampling procedures. The data were collected from the in-depth interview. The findings suggested that Muslim students felt difficulty in learning English due to lack of appropriate vocabulary use which includes fixed collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms and regional difference. In the same way they also felt difficulty to learn English due to lack of grammar rules and its use.Similarly, it was also found that their low confidence to learn English, low income of the family members, low motivation and less encouragement from friends and teacher affected them more to learn English language. In the same way, Muslim culture also had both positive and negative impact on the participants to learn English language. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction which consists of background of the study, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study, and operational definition of keys terms. The second chapter consists of review of both theoretical and empirical literature with the conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with methodology containing design and method of the study, population sample and sampling strategy, study area of field, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. The fourth chapter includes analysis of data and interpretation of result and summary of findings. And the final part is about conclusion and recommendations of the study. The references and appendixes are the concluding part of the research.