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Language Attitude In Language Learning

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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 in the behavior (behavioral belief), weighted by evaluations of outcomes or attributes. Therefore, a person who holds strong beliefs that positively valued outcomes or attributes, the result will have a positive attitude towards the behavior. …show more content…

Everyone has an attitude towards objects, but not everyone has the same attitude towards it. Some attitudes of individuals force them along, help them to cope up with challenges, overcome obstacles, and accomplish their learning outcomes, while others who have attitudes that are anchored will slow them down or stop them altogether from learning (Soku, Simpeh, & Osafo-Adu, 2011). Richards (2010) defines language attitude as the attitudes which speakers of different languages or language varieties have towards each other languages. Expressions of positive or negative feelings towards a language may reflect impressions of linguistic difficulty or simplicity, learning difficulty or ease, social status and so on. Therefore, attitudes toward language may reveal what people feel about the speakers of that language as well. Furthermore, it may have an effect on learning of second language or foreign …show more content…

Their reaction can be expressed either favorably or unfavorably. According to Kara (2009), positive attitudes lead to the exhibition of positive behaviors toward courses of study in that learners will absorb the acquired knowledge and put themselves into it and strive to learn more. These students will be more eager to solve problems and apply information and skills useful for daily life than those who have neutral or negative attitudes. Thus, the behavioral aspect might view any positive act toward a person or object as positive attitude. In contrast, it views any negative acts as negative

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