Abstract
Achievement in language learning usually depends on both learners’ ability and attitude. If learners have negative attitude towards language learning, it can lead to some detrimental effects. The objectives of the study are to identify students’ attitude to English language learning, to find out the differences of English attitude by gender and by three specializations, and finally to draw some teaching implications at Tra Vinh university. The participants are 89 respondents from 3 main specializations: Office Administration, Tourism and Medical Physician. The questionnaire has 34 items concerning language attitudes in terms of behavioral, cognitive and emotional aspect of attitude. The results show that the students have average positive attitude towards English and interestingly there are no attitudinal differences by gender. However, the attitudes towards English of the three majors are not similar. Tourism students’ attitude is slightly lower than that of the other two specializations.
Highlights
It is undeniable that English has become an international language which is spoken and taught as native, second or foreign language in many nations around the world
The results show that the students have average positive attitude towards English and interestingly there are no attitudinal differences by gender
It can be concluded that the students are aware of the importance of English because it is a compulsory subject, and they can get a good job if they have English competence
Summary
It is undeniable that English has become an international language which is spoken and taught as native, second or foreign language in many nations around the world. Language acquisition is not an easy process. In foreign language context, the learning process can be influenced by various factors such as attitude, motivation, anxiety, intelligence, etc. According to Gardner (1985), attitude was one of the factors that impact foreign language learning as students’ effort toward language learning depends partly on attitude. This study is carried out to look into attitude as one of the major factors that make learning a foreign language successful. We want to investigate non-English majored students’ attitude towards learning English language, taking into three aspects of attitude i.e., cognitive, behavioral and emotional and examine the influence of students’ gender and specialization on their attitudes towards learning English
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