EFL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Attitude plays a crucial role in language learning, influencing behaviors such as reading and speaking in a foreign language. This study explores English language learning among students, emphasizing that success is not solely based on intellectual capacity but also on learners'
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
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