scholarly journals Attitudes of Teachers Training Institutes Students` towards Learning English as a Foreign Language

لارك ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (25) ◽  
pp. 19-45
Author(s):  
Woroud Tariq Jabir Al-Abdali
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

Abstract Attitudes have a vital role in the life of each individual and a society as they determine what each individual will see, hear, think and do. The role of attitudes is a topic of much attention of specialists and educators especially in the field of teaching English as a foreign language as it is considered  as  one  of  the  most  important  factors  that  impact  on  learning  the  language. On the basis of the above statement, the present study aims at identifying the students’  attitudes towards learning English as a foreign language and finding out the differences between male and female students’ attitudes towards learning English as a foreign language. After the selection of the sample of 40 male and female students of level 5 at Teachers Training Institutes, a questionnaire is developed and students' responses are tabulated and analyzed. The results of the study show that most students have very positive attitudes towards learning English. It is also found that female students generally have higher rates than male students indicating more positive attitudes towards learning English. Within the findings of the study, some recommendation and suggestions for further studies have emerged.  

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Flipped Classroom Model on Libyan University Students' English Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 64-84
Author(s):  
Mustafa Braiek ◽  
Abdulhamid Onaiba ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Language Test ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Learning English

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using flipped classroom model on learning English as a foreign language and students’ attitudes towards flipped classroom. The sample of study consisted of 31 students at Faculty of Arts, Misurata University. The participants were divided into two groups: 16 students for the experimental group and 15 students for the control group. The data collection tools used in this study were an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) test and a questionnaire to explore students’ attitudes towards flipped classroom. Participants in both groups were pre-tested using the EFL test before the experiment. Then, the experimental group was taught using flipped classroom strategy while the control group was taught using the traditional teaching method. After the experiment, students in both groups were post-tested using the EFL test while the questionnaire was administered to the students of the experimental group only. The results of the study showed that applying the strategy of the flipped classroom had a significant effect in increasing the students’ performances in learning English. The questionnaire responses showed positive attitudes regarding the use of flipped teaching.

scholarly journals Male and Female Students’ Preferences on the Oral Corrective Feedback in English as Foreign Language (EFL) Speaking Classroom

Humaniora ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Zaky Dzulhiza Hawin Amalia ◽  
Endang Fauziati ◽  
Sri Marmanto
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Metalinguistic Feedback ◽  
Oral Corrective Feedback ◽  
Clarification Request

This research aimed at investigating the male and female students’ preferences on the six types of Oral Corrective Feedback (OCF). This qualitative research used observation and interview to collect data. The observation was done to know the practice of the six types of OCF in speaking class and the interview was conducted to reveal the students’ preferences for OCF. The result from the observation shows that the lecturer mostly uses Explicit Correction to correct the students’ error. Then, the result from the interview indicates that male students prefer to have Explicit Correction because this type is the easiest type to know the error and correction clearly. Whereas the female students prefer to have Recast and Metalinguistic Feedback because Recast does not encourage them and Metalinguistic Feedback can make them think critically under the lecturer’s clue. Subsequently, both male and female students perceive Clarification Request and Repetition as the ambiguous type to grasp what the lecturer’s mean. The result of this current research is expected to provide an additional information about the practice of OCF strategies in speaking classroom which is appropriate with the students’ preferences.

scholarly journals Foundation Year Students’ Perceptions of Using Social Network Sites for Learning English in the Saudi Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Rana AlShoaibi ◽  
Nadia Shukri
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

The major aim of this study is to better understand the university students’ perceptions and attitudes towards using social network sites for learning English as well as to identify if there is a difference between male and female university students in terms of using social networking sites for learning English inside and outside the classroom. The study also attempts to identify the social networking sites that are most frequently used by male and female university students in order to learn English. The participants of this study were 20 female and male foundation year students at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The tool of the study was a questionnaire. The finding of this study showed that male students had positive perceptions and attitudes toward using social network sites for learning English more than female students who had negative perceptions and attitudes. The results also showed that YouTube website was the most frequently used social network site for learning English by male students while the majority of the female students did not have any favorite social network sites because they did not use social network sites for learning English.

scholarly journals University students' attitudes towards learning grammar in a multimedia-enriched environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 339-364
Author(s):  
Danijela Prošić-Santovac ◽  
Vera Savić ◽  
Verica Milutinović
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Enriched Environment ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

A number of studies has shown that attitudes are one of the most significant and influential factors that determine success in learning a foreign language. The paper investigates university students' attitudes towards learning grammar of the English language and towards the use of multimedia teaching tools in grammar instruction, and how these attitudes influence success in learning grammar. Our experimental study involved two groups of university students studying English as a foreign language, a control and an experimental group, in the course of a full academic year. The control group was taught using only the traditional tools, while grammar instruction for the experimental group was conducted in a multimedia-enriched environment, i.e. in addition to the traditional tools, the students were also exposed to educational video games and video clips in the form of film segments and music videos that were not part of a coursebook material, but were closely connected to the topic of the unit in the coursebook. It was hypothesised that positive attitudes towards learning grammar would affect achievements in learning grammar, and that the students exposed to the multimedia tools would be more inclined to view grammar in a positive light. The instruments applied in the study were an attitude questionnaire and a grammar test that yielded quantitative data for the statistical analysis. The results indicated that university students' success in learning grammar was affected by their attitudes towards learning grammar, and that a multimedia-enriched environment contributed to the development of positive attitudes towards grammar. It can be concluded that positive attitudes towards multimedia-enriched environment in learning grammar resulted from the participants' experience of purposeful application of multimedia in the language classroom, and that positive attitudes indirectly contributed to the participants' success in the grammar test. These findings have significant implications for teaching grammar at a university level and can be used for improving the conditions for grammar teaching, enhancing motivation for learning grammar, and eventually for achieving better results in learning grammar in a foreign language classroom.

scholarly journals Chilean 12th graders’ Attitudes towards English as a Foreign Language

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Gómez Burgos ◽  
Sandra Pérez Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

<p>This article aims to provide the results of a research focusing on 12<sup>th</sup> graders’ attitudes towards English as a Foreign Language in two secondary schools in Puerto Montt, Chile. Attitude towards a language has been considered as an important factor that influences the process of learning a foreign language (Shams, 2008); for this reason, it is fundamental to identify students’ attitudes since positive attitudes towards English allow the students to have favourable orientation towards learning it (Karahan, 2007). Under this premise, this study corresponds to a case study that includes a quantitative method of data analysis. A survey of five dimensions was conducted amongst 154 students in order to measure their attitudes towards the target language. The results show that their attitudes towards English as a foreign language are favourable; however, the dimensions related to learning English, and English as a subject at school obtained unfavourable attitudes. </p>

scholarly journals Letting the Cat out of the Bag: EFL College Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English Idioms

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Shorouq Khalid Al-Houti ◽  
Sultan M. Aldaihani
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Study Data ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

Learning idioms is an uphill battle for many language learners. Thus, this quantitative study aims to shed light on English as Foreign Language (EFL) college students’ attitudes towards idiom learning. Specifically, the study is interested in revealing their attitudes towards (1) the importance of idiom learning, (2) the difficulties of idiom learning and (3) the learning strategies of idioms. Additionally, the study attempts to determine if there is an influence of age and/or year of study on the students’ attitudes towards learning English idioms. Participants were 218 female EFL college students at the College of Basic Education (CBE) in Kuwait. A five-point Likert-scale questionnaire was employed to obtain data for the study. Data analysis of the questionnaire uncovered the learners’ preferred strategies and sources of difficulties when learning idioms. Results showed that students had positive attitudes towards English idiom learning. Significant differences in the results were found when age was taken into account.

scholarly journals Attitudes of Jordanian EFL Students towards Learning English Idioms

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sana' Ababneh
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

<p>This paper presents the results of a field study which was carried out to identify Jordanian EFL students' attitudes towards learning English idioms. The study sample consisted of 94 students majoring in Translation and English Language and Literature at Yarmouk University, Jordan. A questionnaire was used to investigate the subjects' attitudes. The findings show that the majority of the participants have positive attitudes towards learning English idioms as they believe in their importance for achieving effective communication in English. Moreover, the data show that neither the subjects' gender nor their academic major has a significant effect on their attitudes towards learning English idioms as most of the participants displayed a highly positive attitude towards learning these idioms.</p>

scholarly journals Attitudes of Public and Private Schools’ Students towards Learning EFL

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salem Saleh Ibnian
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

This study aimed at exploring attitudes of public and private schools' students towards learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and investigating factors affecting the students' attitudes towards learning EFL.The study attempted to answer the following questions:1-What are the overall attitudes of public and private schools’ students towards learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL)?2- Is there a statistically significant difference between the overall mean of attitudes of public and private schools' students towards learning EFL according to the type of school (public or private)?3- What are the main factors affecting students' attitudes towards learning EFL?The sample of the study consisted of 144 ninth grade students chosen randomly from Amman public and private schools. The students were distributed into four sections, each section comprised 36 students.To conduct the study, the researcher used a 20-item questionnaire to reveal attitudes of the students towards learning EFL. In addition, the researcher also carried out semi-structured interviews so as to explore factors affecting students' attitudes towards learning EFL.Findings of the study showed that the overall mean of attitudes of public and private schools' students towards learning in EFL is positive; however, the results indicated that students of private schools have more positive attitudes towards learning EFL than students of public schools.The findings showed that methods of teaching, the physical environment and the educational setting of schools were the main factors that affected students’ attitudes towards learning EFL.

scholarly journals A Study of EFL Students' Attitudes, Motivation and Anxiety towards WhatsApp as a Language Learning Tool

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal Kaid Mohammed Ali ◽  
Wagdi Rashad Ali Bin-Hady
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning English

This study aimed to explore the impact of WhatsApp on enhancing Saudi EFL students' language skills and areas. It also investigated EFL students' attitudes, motivation, and anxiety towards learning English via WhatsApp. The sample comprised 55 male and female students studying English at the College of Arts, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. A closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from the sample. The results revealed that WhatsApp has a positive impact on learning English as a foreign language with a score of 3.9 as an overall mean. Students’ attitudes towards using WhatsApp for learning English scored 3.4, while the impact of WhatsApp on motivating EFL students to study English scored 3.6 in total. It was also found that WhatsApp reduced students’ anxiety with a score of 3.8 as the overall mean. Based on these results, the researchers suggest that WhatsApp should be activated at all stages of English language learning and teaching.

“How Difficult English Is!” (An Attitude in Learning English for Non-English Students)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Nova Adi Kurniawan ◽  
Sai'in Sai'in
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Attitudes Toward English ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
English Students ◽  
Learning English

English is one of the foreign languages taught from elementary to university. However, English is to be unswallowed bitter pill for non-English students. This is caused by the growing concepts of negative attitude about English, “English is frightening, English is hard to study, etc.” Attitude plays a vital role in learning any disciplines of knowledge includes English. Developing competencies and skills of English will not be achieved without noticing the supporting factors. In line with, this article discusses the concept of attitude, language attitude, students’ attitudes toward English, and the factors that influence students’ attitudes toward English as a foreign language.

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