EFL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE LEARNING
PROCESS
*MOTIVATION
*ANXIETY
*AGE
*ATTITUDES
*APTITUDES
*PERSONALITY
*LEARNING ARCHIVEMENTS
*ATTITUD MIGHT ORIGINATE FROM
LIFE EXPERIENCE
*ATTITUD CAN INFLUENCE SUCCESS OR
FAILURE IN LEARNING
STUDENTS ATTITUD TOWARDS LANGUAGE LEARNING IS IMPORTANT
INFLUENCE BEHAVOUR SUCH AS READING BOOKS
OR SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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
IN THIS STUDY ATTITUD IS CONSIDERED AS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR INFLUENCING LANGUAGE LEARNING
THIS STUDY CONTRIBUTES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH LEARNING AND TEACHING AND ADDS TO THE GROWING BODY OF STUDIES ON THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH
ATTITUD
OPINION & FEELING THAT EVERYONE
HAS ABOUT SOMETHING
PHYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT WHICH DEFINES A
PARTICULAR BEHAVOUR
IS CHARACTERIZED BY A LARGE
PROPORTION OF EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
THE CASE STUDY OF KASHAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STUDY
THIS STUDY AIMS TO OFFER INSIGHTS FOR LANGUAGE ATTITUDES RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON GENDER VARIABLE OF L2 IN EFL CONTEXT
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
PURPOSE OF
THE STUDY
TO DISCOVER EFL STUDENTS' FEELINGS AND IDEAS OF KASHAN UNIVERSITY ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH
DETERMINE IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD ENGLISH LEARNING BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
METHODOLOGY
QUANTITATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE & INFERENTIAL RESEARCH
USE QUESTIONNAIRE AS A MEASURING INSTRUMENT
*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
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)
STUDENTS HAVE TO GIVE THEIR OWN PERCEPTION ABOUT THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISH IN TERMS OF THE EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, GIVING THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, GENDER...
PARTICIPANTS:
*30 FRESHMEN EFL LEARNERS
*SIMILAR BACKGROUND
*19 FEMALE
*11MALE
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
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
CONCLUSION
THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH PARTICIPANTS HAVE POSITIVE EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COGNITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH LEARNING
THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENLGISH AND LEARN IT AS A ESSENTIAL SUBJECT
IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALES' AND FEMALES' ATTITUDES
THE MEAN OF BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDE AMONG MALE STUDENTS WERE HIGHER
FEMALES SHOWED A HIGHER MEAN IN COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE AS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT CAN IMPROVE LANGUAGE LEARNING OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OBSTACLE IT