Factors Affecting the Attitudes of Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language

Autor/in	Getie, Addisu Sewbihon
Titel	Factors Affecting the Attitudes of Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 7 (2020) 1, Artikel 1738184 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Getie, Addisu Sewbihon)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2020.1738184
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Grade 10; Secondary School Students; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Native Speakers; Peer Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Language Attitudes; Educational Environment; Positive Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; Learning Processes; Government School Relationship; Learning Motivation; Social Environment; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Ethiopia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Muttersprachler; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sprachverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Learning process; Lernprozess; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Soziales Umfeld; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Äthiopien
Abstract	This study aimed at investigating on factors affecting the attitudes of grade 10 students towards learning EFL in Debremarkos Comprehensive Secondary School in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia. The researcher randomly selected 103 sample students (10%) out of the total population (1030) for the study. In order to gather data, a questionnaire was carefully and systematically adapted and designed. Nine sample students were also selected purposely for focus group discussion, and Grade 10 English teachers were selected for the interview. Then, the data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study mainly showed that the attitudes of grade 10 students towards learning EFL is positive. There are social factors (e.g., English native speakers, peer groups and learners' parents) affecting students' attitudes positively. On the other hand, educational context factors like English language teachers, the English language learning situations (e.g., the classrooms, arrangements of seats and the physical learning environment) had negative impacts on students' attitude. However, the findings showed that target language learners have positive attitudes towards the other educational context factor that is the English textbook of grade 10 which means English as a foreign language teaching materials in the study's context affect students' attitudes positively. By lowering the psychological variables (i.e. affective filters) for the target language learners, it is possible to aid the language learning process. Thus, as the implication of this study considers, the physical learning environment should be improved, and to achieve this, the government should work in conjunction with the school principals, teachers and societies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01