eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2019-06-20 7 6 398 401 10.12691/education-7-6-4 EDUCATION2019764 article Eleanor G. Garingan dwaynegaringan@gmail.com 1 College of Teacher Education, Quirino State University, Philippines Conducting research is an integral part of being a scholar-practitioner with the skills and credibility to effect social change. This research is aimed to assess the difficulty in conducting research and learning ability in English among CTE students. Employing an adopted questionnaire in a descriptive type of research, the respondents’ difficulty in conducting research and learning ability in English were determined and evaluated. Results showed that difficulty in conducting research of BSED students is moderate extent while the BEED students are in high extent. Furthermore, the BSED’s difficulty in conducting research when they are grouped by learning ability is in moderately extent while the BEED students are in high extent. However, the learning abilities of BEED and BSED respondents do not affect the difficulty in conducting research. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/7/6/4/education-7-6-4.pdf CTE students difficulty in conducting research learning ability in English