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IJSTR >> Volume 5 - Issue 2, February 2016 Edition



International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research  
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research

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ISSN 2277-8616



Pilot Study: An Investigating Proficiency Learners’ Attitudes Towards English Language Learning

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AUTHOR(S)

Dr. Ozge Razy, Nadia Mohamed Ben Amer

 

KEYWORDS

EFL learner, aspects of Attitudes, Language learning.

 

ABSTRACT

This study attempted to investigate foreign students’ feeling and behaviour towards learning English and different other languages. The study found out that there is any significant difference in the students’ aspects attitudes positive and negative towards learning English language inside and outside the school based on their response to 25 items. A total of participants were 18 took a questionnaire as an instrument to qualify their attitudes. The participants showed positive attitudes in the high level towards foreign languages such as English. The study presented recommendation to improve other languages in the future as English.

 

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