This study consists of three objectives, namely: 1) to study the English-speaking problems of the students under Faculty of Humanities at Mahamakut Buddhist University, 2) to analyse the English-speaking problems of the students under Faculty of Humanities at Mahamakut Buddhist University and 3) to find out the solutions of the English-speaking problems of the students under Faculty of Humanities at Mahamakut Buddhist University. It is the mixed method research (qualitative and quantitative), the target group is the students under Faculty of Humanities at Mahamakut Buddhist University for 90 people and the tools used in this one are the questionnaire, in-depth interview and focus group discussion; furthermore, the researcher analyses the data through the statistic of mean, percentage, standard deviation and content analysis.

The result of the research was found that the Problems of English-speaking skills of the students under Faculty of Humanities at Mahamakut Buddhist University come from the motivation to solve the problems during speaking English, for the usage is the English-speaking confidence, English speaking is English speaking practice and English speaking skill problems are grammar and pronunciation. When the researcher analyzes the research data found that the English problems from motivation is equal to 4.17, the highest mean and 0.56 for standard deviation, the problem from the usage is equal to 4.35 for mean, and 0.47 for standard deviation, the problems from English speaking is equal to 4.14 for mean, and 0.37 for standard deviation and last the problem from English speaking skill is equal to 4.14 for mean, and 0.37 for standard deviation. After that the researcher held the training activity to train the students about English found that motivation got scores before training at 4.05 and after project at 6.59 and the mean is equal to 5.50; moreover, English skills received such scores before activity at 5.34 and after one at 6.66 and its’ mean is equal to 6.00 and also the usage resulted the marks before project at 1.95 and after one at 7.05 and the mean is equal to 4.50. Besides, the application affected the scores before training at 3.21 and after this at 5.97 and the mean is equal to 6.00 as there are statistically significant at 0.00. After that English-speaking problems of the students come from two main factors 1) the students: most of them do not like to learn English by heart and low base knowledge about English. All make the students be lazy, unpracticed, uneffort and bad preparation, and do not catch up with the teachers’ learning teaching about English, 2) the learning-teaching process: the learning-teaching in the class of English, the most of teacher likes to teach English in Thai version speaking. It causes the students to follow Thai speaking instead of the English version. So, the good solution, the students have to have the confidence to learning and put the effort to practice oneself more and more, and also the teachers must change the learning-teaching process by speaking English in class. In the end, the researcher suggests whoever wants to learn some majors should prepare one readiness and also the teachers should think of the purpose of the students and seek the way to develop the students to be professional.

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