Correlation between Low-Proficiency in English and Negative Perceptions of What It Means to Be an English Speaker

Autor/inn/en	Gill, Kavarljit Kaur; Williams, Andrew N.
Titel	Correlation between Low-Proficiency in English and Negative Perceptions of What It Means to Be an English Speaker
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 4 (2013) 1, S.109-123 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Correlation; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Attitudes; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Language Tests; Scores; Likert Scales; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Korrelation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachverhalten; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Language test; Sprachtest; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Learning another language is very much affected by positive or negative connotations attached to the new language by the language learner. Entering Malaysian public universities there are many students with a low proficiency in English, despite spending eleven years studying English in schools. Could it be that the lack of progress among these students could be attributed to a negative view of what it means to be a speaker of English? This study investigated the perceptions of students at a public university, to determine whether there is a correlation between low-proficiency and negative perceptions of what it means to be an English speaker. Analysis of the results showed that Malaysian students have a very positive perception of what it means to be an English speaker. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01