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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no11.595

Factors Influencing the Decision of Vietnamese Students to Study English in the Philippines  

TRAN, Van Dat (Marketing Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Banking University)
BUI, Vu Linh Chi (Faculty of Business Administration, Banking University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.11, 2020 , pp. 595-606 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for evaluating the impact of factors influencing the decision of Vietnamese students to study English in the Philippines. The empirical analysis used data from the survey data of 318 respondents living in Vietnam. Comprehensive, valid, and reliable tools (SPSS 26 software) are used to analyze and verify the gathered data, and the hypotheses developed. The results identified the factors that affect the decision of Vietnamese students to study English in the Philippines include knowledge and awareness, personality recommendation, cost issues, environment, geographic proximity, and social link. Based on the overall findings of this study, several implications are presented for educational practices in academies and schools about English teaching in the Philippines. To increase the ability to get students to study English in the country, it is important that schools or academies must understand the demands of students regarding the academic environment, and in particular, to know what factors determine the decision from the customers' point of view. This study contributes significantly to the understanding of agencies and educational managers about the student's choice behavior in the context of the need to improve foreign languages and, thus, help improve the competitiveness of agencies and English schools.
Keywords
Personality Recommendation; Cost Issues; Environment; Geographic Proximity;
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