Attitude is one of the key predominant factors for success in language learning, numerous studies have already been conducted in the field of language attitude (Ghazali et al., 2009). Researchers in the fields of psychology and education, particularly in language teaching and learning, considered several definitions of attitude from different contexts and perspectives. Montano and Kasprzyk (2008) stated that attitude is determined by the belief of individual about outcomes or attributes of performing
important role in learning a language, one of which is attitude. Attitude is acknowledged as one of the most important factors that impacts on learning a language (Fakeye, 2010). Attitude is characterized by a large proportion of emotional involvement such as feelings, self, and relationships in the community (Brown, 2001). It is said that language teachers, researchers, and students should acknowledge that high motivation and positive attitude of students facilitate second language learning. Therefore
In this chapter, I have summarized the key results attained from this study in accordance with the motivation and attitudes that the engineering students of PTU and Anna University have towards learning English language. In the next part, I have identified some of the factors that influence these students’ motivations and attitudes towards English language learning and English course syllabus. It is followed by the areas of change that the English syllabus requires to improve students’ level of English
EFL students’ attitudes toward learning English language: The case study of Sichuan University students Abstract: Attitude is considered to be an important factor affecting language performance, and has been widely concerned by first and second language researchers. Al-Mamun, Rahman and Hossaim consider this attitude to be how people feel about their language. Therefore, the attitude to language is a kind of construction to explain language behavior. The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes
Learning a foreign language has always received enough attention from researchers in the field. From mid-nineteenth century, approaches to teaching a foreign language started to develop and continued to the present time. However, teaching a foreign language through an appropriate methodology is one thing, and learners’ feeling towards learning it is another. Attitude is one of the crucial affective factors in learning a second/foreign language. Attitude is “a favorable or unfavorable evaluative reaction
is believed that language learning is viewed as the fundamental to the existence of human. This claimed is also supported by Zainol Abidin, Pour-Mohammadi, & Alzwari (2012) and Tavil (2009) which in their study, they agreed that language learning has a vital role in helping the mankind to express their opinions, hopes and also their dreams in everyday life. Moreover, language learning is currently being accepted among the students and they give great interest towards the learning. Besides studying
The purpose of this literature review is to analyze the relationship between a number of sources and my research into the topic of Second Language Acquisition with a particular emphasis on the role of the parent. I intend to examine to what extent parents influence has on their child’s attitude and motivation in attempting to learn a second language. I feel this is an important area of research that has yet to be fully explored and understood. Although there has not been extensive research conducted
Chapter 2 Literature Review Behaviorism Theory and Foreign Language Learners B. F. Skinner (1974) defined that human behavior is the range of actions and mannerisms exhibited by humans in conjunction with their environment, responding to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary. Human behavior is influenced by many factors, including attitudes, beliefs, emotions, reasoning, culture, values, ethics, religion
concepts of attitudes and a review of the related studies. Attitude 1) Definitions of Attitude In early work on attitude, Allport (1935) claimed that attitude was the most indispensable concept in psychology, and it has been a core concept in sociolinguistics since Labov’s (1966) seminal work on the social stratification of speech communities, and how language change is influenced by the prestige and stigma afforded by speech by communities to specific linguistic. The concept of attitude, however,
Abstract Diahan, Jamiel P. Attitude of Grade 12 Senior High School Students toward English Unpublished undergraduate thesis. Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City, March 2018. This study aimed at investigating the attitude of the Grade 12 senior high school students in Bukidnon State University-Secondary Laboratory School in terms of their gender and strands or track of specialization. An adapted survey questionnaire employed upon a total of 40 randomly selected respondents coming from the four