Attitudestowards Learning English as a Foreign Language: The Case of PalestinianHighSchool Graduates
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Adnan Shehadeh
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- Keywords:
- Palestinian students’ attitudes; attitudes towards EFL; attitudes and age differences; attitudes and gender; school graduates attitudes.
- Abstract
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This study explores the attitudes of Palestinian high school graduates towards learning English.
The sample of the study included 370 students,(193 males and 177 females)who have finished
high school and joined Palestine Polytechnic University.Ninety six of the whole sample started
learning English at the first grade while 274 started at the fifth grade. They were surveyed by
using a questionnaire to investigate their attitudes towards five aspects in the context of EFL;
namely, Englishas a school subject, English language activities outside the classroom, the
importance of English in students' daily life, as well as native speakers of English and English
language teachers. The results showed that students have different levels of attitudes towards
these five aspects; the highest were attitudes towards the importance of English in daily
life,while the lowest were their attitudestowards English native speakers. The study also showed
significant differences between males and females and between the first grade starters vs. the
fifth grade starters. - Downloads
- Published
- 2019-07-29
- Issue
- Vol. 8 No. 3 (2019)
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- Articles