The Beliefs of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Therapy undergraduate students about learning English Language.

Abstract

The current study was aimed to explore the existing beliefs about learning English language of the medical students who are mainly involved in rehabilitation studies such as Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, and Speech and Language Therapy in a renowned Health professional’s institute of Bangladesh. A mixed method: Quantitative and thematic analysis were selected for this study. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. An E-Questionnaire was developed using Google form along with the original traditional version of the Questionnaire. “Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)” Questionnaire was used to find out the belief of students. A descriptive statistical analysis was conducted through IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 and presented in table. Later the finding was discussed under 5 themes: Motivation and expectation of learning English, Aptitude, Preferred strategies of learning English, Values of learning English and Easiness of learning English. Finally, some recommendations came from the students regarding the improvement of the Quality of English education.