Undergraduate Students’ Attitude Towards Learning English: A case Study at Nong Lam University
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Abstract
Effective learning a second language is influenced by many factors. Among of those, attitude has been identified as an important one. Better understanding of students' attitude will help language teaching programmers, school managers and educators to develop strategies to improved student’s learning outcomes. The drive of this study is to explore students’ attitude toward learning English. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a total of 694 students at Nong Lam University. The results of the study showed that the students have positive attitude toward learning English as a foreign language.
Keywords:
Attitude, student, English.
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Fakeye, D. (2010). Students’ Personal Variables as Correlates of Academic Achievement in English as a Second Language in Nigeria. Journal of Social Sciences, 22(3), 205-211.
Gardner, R. (2008). Individual Differences in Second and Foreign Language Learning. (N. D.-S. Hornberger, Ed.) Encyclopedia of Language and 213 Education, 4. [Second and Foreign Language Education], pp. 29-40.
Gömleksiza, M. N. (2010). An evaluation of students’ attitudes toward English language learning in terms of several variables. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 9 (2010), 913–918.
Hilgard, E. R. (1980). The trilogy of mind: Cognition, affection, and conation. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 107-117.
Latchanna, G. & Dagnew, A. (2009). Attitude of teachers towards the use of active learning methods. E-journal of All India Association for Educational Research, 21(1).
Lennartsson, F. (2008). Students' motivation and attitudes towards learning a second language: British and Swedish students' points ofview. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vx u:diva-2571.
Mamun, S. A. (2012). Students’ Attitudes towards English: The Case of Life Science School of Khulna University. International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2012), 200-209.
Rajecki, D. W. (1982). Attitudes, Themes and Advances. Sinauer Associates.
Rukh, S. (n.d.). Students’ attitudes towards English language learning and academic achievement: A case of business students in Punjab. European Academic Research, 2(4), 5596-5612.
Triandis, H. (1971). Attitude and attitude change. New York: John Wiley.
Wenden, A. ( 1991). Learner strategies for learner autonomy. London: Prentice Hall.
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