Factors Affecting Khmer Major Students’ Motivation to Learn the Khmer Language During The Covid-19 Online-Teaching Periods at Tra Vinh University

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article reports on responses from an online survey designed with 27 questions to explore the factors affecting the main motivation of Khmer major students during the COVID-19 online teaching period at Tra Vinh University (TVU), the only higher education institution in Vietnam that offers undergraduate degrees in the Khmer language (n = 50). Due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, Khmer students were asked about variables linked to technology, pedagogy, and instructional content that might affect their willingness to study the Khmer language throughout their online learning period (the last one was from June 2021 to mid-February 2022). The data illustrates the primary groupings of factors that influence learners and their responses to each component, as well as their learning goals. The study’s findings identify the factors influencing Khmer students’ motivation to learn Khmer online at TVU in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic; discuss and make three recommendations on: (1) using the TPACK framework; (2) implementing measures to promote strengths and limit weaknesses in the TVU online training process; and (3) attesting to the effectiveness of ethnic minority policies as well as their actual implementation in Vietnam.