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Self-study skills have an immensely substantial role in the learning process for any learners in general and higher education students in particular. Followed with the survey with more than 150 English major students ranging from the freshman to the seniors ​​at Vinh University, however, some issues emerged in terms of motivation, methods, and effectiveness in correlation with their autodidactic learning competence. The study, accordingly, added up to some feasible solutions which were then introduced to the same experimental group. After one semester, another survey with a list of the appropriate questionnaire was handed out to those to investigate the studying result which then incredibly exposed that the significant number of students has increasingly enhanced their self-study competence leading to their better academic outcome. Key words: Self-study, effectiveness, competence, issues