EFL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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THE CASE STUDY OF KASHAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

CONCLUSION

ATTITUDE AS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT CAN IMPROVE LANGUAGE LEARNING OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OBSTACLE IT

IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALES' AND FEMALES' ATTITUDES

FEMALES SHOWED A HIGHER MEAN IN COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF ATTITUDE

THE MEAN OF BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDE AMONG MALE STUDENTS WERE HIGHER

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENLGISH AND LEARN IT AS A ESSENTIAL SUBJECT

THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH PARTICIPANTS HAVE POSITIVE EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COGNITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH LEARNING

RESULTS

SHOWS THAT THE OVERALL MEAN SCORE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ATTITUDE AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS IS 40.0382. THIS RESULT REVEALS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD ENGLISH LEARNING THE MEAN SCORE OF THE THREE ASPECTS DIFFERS

PROCEDURES OF DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS

*BASED ON ANALYSIS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE OF 30 ITEMS *30 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED RAMDOMLY AND ASKED TO ANSWER TO THE QUERIONNAIRE *THEN, THE ITEMS WERE ANALYZED AND COMPARED QUALITATIVELY WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICIPANTS' ATTITUDES *FINALLY, A SOFTWARE WAS USED FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE DATA

METHODOLOGY

PARTICIPANTS: *30 FRESHMEN EFL LEARNERS *SIMILAR BACKGROUND *19 FEMALE *11MALE

STUDENTS HAVE TO GIVE THEIR OWN PERCEPTION ABOUT THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH IN TERMS OF THE EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, GIVING THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, GENDER...

USE QUESTIONNAIRE AS A MEASURING INSTRUMENT

WAS ADOPTED FROM *THE ATTITUDE QUESTIONNARIE TEST EMPLOYED BY BOONRANGSRI, CHUAYMANKHONG, RERMYINDEE & VANGCHITTPINYO (2004) *THE ATTITUD AND MOTIVATION TEST BATTERY BY GARDNER (1985) *BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE,EMOTIONAL ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE ABIDIN ET AL (2012)

*CONTAINS 30 ITEMS CONCERNING LANGUAGE ATTITUDES IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF ATTITUDE *18 POSITIVE ITEMS *12 NEGATIVE ITEMS *THE STATEMENTS WERE PUT IN A FIVEPOINT LIKERT SCALE

QUANTITATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE & INFERENTIAL RESEARCH

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

DETERMINE IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD ENGLISH LEARNING BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS

TO DISCOVER EFL STUDENTS' FEELINGS AND IDEAS OF KASHAN UNIVERSITY ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

THIS STUDY SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO RESEARCHERS FOCUSING ON DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES OF SECOND LANGUAGE, ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND ENGLISH POLICIES AND PRACTICE

THIS STUDY AIMS TO OFFER INSIGHTS FOR LANGUAGE ATTITUDES RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON GENDER VARIABLE OF L2 IN EFL CONTEXT

EFL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ATTITUD

IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE PROPORTION OF EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT

PHYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT WHICH DEFINES A PARTICULAR BEHAVOUR

OPINION & FEELING THAT EVERYONE HAS ABOUT SOMETHING

THIS STUDY CONTRIBUTES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH LEARNING AND TEACHING AND ADDS TO THE GROWING BODY OF STUDIES ON THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH

IN THIS STUDY ATTITUD IS CONSIDERED AS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR INFLUENCING LANGUAGE LEARNING

ARCHIVEMENT IN A TARGET LANGUAGE RELIES NOT ONLY ON INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY BUT ALSO ON THE LEARNER'S ATTITUD TOWARD LANGUAGE LEARNING

IF A LEARNER DOES NOT HAVE THE INTEREST AND TENDENCY IN ACQUIRING THE TARGET LANGUAGE TO COMUNICATE WITH OTHERS, THIS LEARNER WILL POSSES A NEGATIVE ATTITUD AND WILL NOT BE MOTIVATED IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

STUDENTS ATTITUD TOWARDS LANGUAGE LEARNING IS IMPORTANT

INFLUENCE BEHAVOUR SUCH AS READING BOOKS OR SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

*ATTITUD MIGHT ORIGINATE FROM LIFE EXPERIENCE *ATTITUD CAN INFLUENCE SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN LEARNING

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE LEARNING PROCESS

*MOTIVATION *ANXIETY *AGE *ATTITUDES *APTITUDES *PERSONALITY *LEARNING ARCHIVEMENTS