FACTORS AFFECTING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DAE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH. An Action Plan to Overcome the Factors Affecting the Achievement of the DAE (Diploma in Associate Engineering) Students

      Аннотация: The purpose of the study was to explore factors affecting achievement of the DAE (Diploma in Associate Engineering) students in English. There are a few factors that contribute to achievement of English learners. Student factors, family factors, school factors and peer factors are external whereas age, gender, geographical affiliation, ethnicity, marital status, socio-economic status are from the internal factors. For this study, survey design was selected and for data collection a close ended questionnaire was used. The data was gathered from the sampling population consisting of 6 technical institutes (2 public and 4 private) of district Lahore. Multi-stage purposive sampling was used to select a sample of the size 653 (70 teachers and 583 students, males and females).The data was analyzed by using SPSS statistical tests. The results of the study would have practical considerations for change in the syllabus, methodology, materials, and internship practices of engineering students. The study will also open up new avenues for future researchers.

Ключевые слова: applied linguistics, ELT, Factors, Achievement, Diploma in Associate Engineering, Students