Attitude And Motivation In Foreign Language

Preparatory year students face a lot of problems in writing . The researcher thinks that there are some reasons for the poor performance in writing skill. :

Poor base in English language foundation ,students come from the high school with very poor standard specially in writing. Some factors contributed in this situation ,such as :

-Late beginning of English language in the basic school level .

-Lack of teacher training in high schools.

-Lack of exposure to the language .Students use the language only in the classroom . They do not write wall magazines in English ,pen friends..etc.

3- Syllabus and Examinations:

Writing is to some extent neglected in the syllabus as well as in the exams:

In the syllabus exactly that of the( E S P) writing

Therefore , the researcher in this part reviews the contribution of some other researchers in the related area of teaching English as a foreign language.

Study (1) By Osman . Asma Mohammad .

-The title :Attitude and Motivation in Foreign Language Learning .

-Presented to :University of Khartoum Faculty of Education .1996.

- The objective was :To investigate the factors that affect English language learning , and to consider them as a starting point for developing learning and teaching techniques in order to improve the standard of English language. The study emphasis was on attitudes and motivation as one of the important factor in foreign language achievement , but they are neglected in curriculum development. Thus , investigating the socio-psychological factors that affect learning and achievement in English was so necessary.

-The methodology adopted ; was a case study of some students using questionnaire .

The research came out with the following results :

-The study has filled a gap in the area of socio-psychological

5-Level of appropriation.

6-Relevance.

2-The main difficulties facing the preparatory year students in writing: Preparatory year students face a lot of difficulties in writing . Some of these difficulties should be connected with teachers' inadequate training , students' weakness, syllabus….etc. The following are some of the difficulties facing preparatory year students noticed by the researcher while teaching the target students. Supported by what has been discussed in the literature review.

1)Linguistic difficulty:

The fact that writing doesn't use other methods of communicating a message such as signals ,stress , speed , intonation , pauses ,expressions ,of the face ….etc .makes writing a difficult task . Preparatory year students also get difficulties in manipulating the linguistic items to form good sentences constructions . Overcoming this difficulty depends on teaching vocabulary , structures ,and cohesive devices ,which are needed for writing.

2)Cognitive difficulty:

Preparatory year students get difficulty in forming logical written argument supported by reasons , examples …etc. thus their written work doesn't attract and convince the reader . So students are to be directed to learn the logical development in writing