Exploring EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards English Language Learning. The case of 3rd year secondary school students

Abstract

Abstract The study of attitudes to foreign languages learning has not a long history. The present study investigates what attitudes students in upper secondary school have towards the English language and their possible effects on learning it in terms of positive and negative preferences. The study is conducted through the descriptive method using the quest which is based on a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The sample of this study is a group ( 80) of eighty students aged between 17 and 20 . They have been studying English as a part of their school syllabus for 7 years. The study shows that the students have acknowledged the status of the English language in the world and its function as an international language as well as its function as a tool for communicative purposes. The study concludes with Learners’ positive attitudes in general towards the English language as well as learning English.