Abstract
The study aimed at gaining an insight into the attitudes of students towards English. It is tried in the paper to explore the mentality of the students and the people around them, towards English language through different questions related to English language and their point of view regarding those questions. The study further explores the current position of English in the context of interior Sindh through the views of the participants pursuing language courses. The study also explores the reasons behind the expansion and popularity of English language and language centers. The motives of the students to go to learn English also explored in the study along with the role of the elite class and the state in the spread of English and the agenda of past colonial powers. The study used five questions to analyze the attitudes of the learners. The results suggested that the state and the past colonial powers have succeeded in keeping our minds colonized Keywords: EFL, ESL, ATTITUDES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTERES DOI : 10.7176/JLLL/58-04 Publication date :July 31 st 2019
Highlights
This paper highlights the issue of learners’ attitudes towards English in an academic/market context with a view to elaborate what people think about English and how they are inclined towards that
It is surrounding all the areas of our society due to the ignorance and lack of knowledge of the people about the hidden agendas behind expansion of the language. This is because we, the people of Pakistan, are dependent upon other English speaking countries, besides we are suffering from inferiority complex for our indigenous languages, which shows our slavish attitude
People tend to equate the knowledge of English with knowledge itself (Zubeida Mustafa, 2010). This is not the case with only less educated or illiterate people but the so-called educated class of our country is the victim of this superstition. This situation has led to the fast expansion of English language centers in Pakistan
Summary
This paper highlights the issue of learners’ attitudes towards English in an academic/market context with a view to elaborate what people think about English and how they are inclined towards that. It is surrounding all the areas of our society due to the ignorance and lack of knowledge of the people about the hidden agendas behind expansion of the language This is because we, the people of Pakistan, are dependent upon other English speaking countries, besides we are suffering from inferiority complex for our indigenous languages, which shows our slavish attitude. In almost every part of the country, whether town or cities, there can be seen hundreds of advertisement boards, banners or hoardings from the English Language centers or schools claiming to be English medium attracting a huge chunk of the folk They are in areas ranging from the most affluent and posh communities of the elite class to the slums and even in rural areas
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