ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING ENGLISHAMONGESP(ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE) UNDERGRADUATESOF SULTAN AZLAN SHAH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In language learning, there are numerous factors that have driven learners to learn the languagesuch as environments, motivations, attitudes and others. Yet, attitudes are believed to be the main contributingfactors in learning the language. The purpose of this study is to identify the ESP students’ attitude towardslearning English. A total of 40 English for Specific Purpose students from the Diploma in Islamic Studies Facultyof University Sultan Azlan Shah which consisted of 17 males and 23 females participated in this study. Responseswere gauged using Gardner’s (1985) Attitude and Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) questionnaire and analysedusing IBM SPSS23 software. Results exhibited that the ESP students demonstrated negative attitudes towardlearning English as their second language which displayed low overall mean score (M=2.82, SD=0.32). Hence, the findings from this study will provide some insightful thoughts and ideas to language educators for thebetterment of teaching and learning of English in the university.

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