Attitudes of Persian, Pashtun and Uzbek parents toward their daughters in learning English language in Takhar-Afghanistan

Besmillah Daqi̇q

doi:10.24289/ijsser.852303

Abstract

This study aimed to seek the attitudes of Persian, Pashtun, and Uzbek parents towards their daughters in learning English language in Takhar, Afghanistan. The research method was quantitative. The researcher gathered data from 160 parents purposefully in Takhar. The study instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The researcher analyzed the data by SPSS software version 25. The researcher used descriptive statistics to determine the frequency and percentage and inferential statistics such as independent sample T-test to discover the difference between gender attitudes and independent one way ANOVA test to determine the differences in the attitudes of parents according to their age, ethnicity, and level of education toward their daughters in learning English language. Finding of the research revealed that parents have positive attitudes toward their daughters in learning English language with no difference by gender, age, ethnicity and level of education. The finding of the study is vital because it exposes that Muslim parents are not against their daughters in learning English language

Highlights

The role of language in our life is very remarkable and outstanding
There is no significant difference in the attitudes of parents by gender concerning their daughters in English language learning
The participants were needed to choose the answers of 14 statements ranged from strongly agree to strongly disagree based on their attitudes regarding their daughters in learning English language and their demographic variables, i.e., gender, age, ethnicity and educational level

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Introduction

The role of language in our life is very remarkable and outstanding. The impact of language is as great as it distinguishes human beings from animals (Bloomfield, 1961). Different factors affect the process of learning a language such as learning achievements, intelligence, personalities, motivation, age, aptitudes, anxiety, and attitudes in a foreign educational setting (Shams, as cited in Eshghinejad, 2016). According to Inal, et al (as cited in Alkaff, 2013), our feelings that make our behaviors towards learning is the sense of attitude. Studying the attitudes of parents toward their daughters in learning English language in Takhar, Afghanistan is considered very important to identify the position of that language among three Afghan ethnic parents (Persian, Pashtun and Uzbek,). Persian is an ethnic group that forms the second largest ethnic population of Afghanistan. Uzbek is as well an ethnic group that forms the third largest ethnic population of Afghanistan

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