An Exploration of English Students’ Attitude toward Learning English

Zulfikar, Teuku; Dahliana, Syarifah; Sari, Riska Amelia

doi:10.12928/eltej.v2i1.947

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“…Learning attitude towards the internet is also important to increase students' motivation, interest, and performance in an online learning environment. Zulfikar et al (2019) argues that attitude includes three important aspects, there are behavior, cognitive, and affective. The first aspect is behavior; behavior refers to the behavior of a person or object.…”

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The Use of Moodle in English Language Learning During the Pandemic: The Students Voice

Maulana

Lintangsari

2021

JELE

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During the emergency remote learning, the role of the Learning Management System is significant to support the teaching and learning process. Many universities utilized the Moodle based LMS to assist students and teachers in the teaching and learning process including Universitas Brawijaya that used Virtual Learning Management (VLM). VLM is highly suggested to be used by the lecturers since it can be accessed free as supported by the University, nonetheless, students claimed that the use of VLM is sometimes problematic. To address the students’ voice toward the use of VLM, this research aims to describe the students' attitude towards the use of VLM as an online learning platform. In this research using quantitative methods with a survey design. Instrument used in this study were questionnaires. The questionnaires were adapted according to the works of Srichanyachon (2014), Munasinghe & Wijewardana (2016), and Putri & Sari (2020). There are 100 students participating in this study consisting of 79 female students and 21 male students. The data was analyzed descriptively. This study has similar results to other studies where the use of platforms such as LMS in the COVID 19 era is indispensable and makes it a very effective platform to use. The result of this students’ attitude was a positive attitude with a mean score of 3.58.

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The Use of Moodle in English Language Learning During the Pandemic: The Students Voice

Maulana

Lintangsari

2021

JELE

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“…The point is supported by Getie [9] and Denis [10] who stated that self-esteem, risktaking, and lack of anxiety are traits of selfconfidence. Likewise, when self-confidence is boosted, it often results in a more positive attitude and a greater willingness to take risks in learning [18]. On the other hand, challenges in language learning can have an adverse impact on self-esteem, specifically influencing students' attitudes towards learning English and their overall language proficiency (Alsayed, 2013; Tejda Reyes, 2018).…”

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Factors Affecting the Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning English Language: A Case of a Higher Secondary School in Southern Bhutan

Sonam¹,

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Wangmo

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AJESS

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This study explored the factors affecting higher secondary school students’ attitudes toward learning English as a second language in southern Bhutan. The study intended to investigate factors affecting the attitudes of Bhutanese secondary students towards learning English as the researcher could not locate any studies done by Bhutanese in Bhutan. The study is conducted to identify the factors that influence the attitudes of secondary school students toward English learning and their performance in English. The study employed the convergent parallel mixed-methods design guided by a pragmatic paradigm. The quantitative data consists of randomly administered questionnaires to 302 students from class IX to XII. The qualitative data was collected through focus group students and semi-structured interview teachers. The study employed simple descriptive and inferential statistical analysis for quantitative data and thematic analysis (Braun & Clark, 2018) for qualitative analysis. The findings indicated that secondary school students possess both positive and negative attitudes toward learning English as a second language. Further, the finding indicated that educational factors such as the classroom environment and classroom teaching-learning strategies are found to have influences on students' attitudes towards learning English. The finding also revealed that the authentic and appropriate textbooks and the use of interesting varieties of teaching-learning materials by teachers affect the attitudes of students towards learning English. The home and community environment such as parental support and the opportunities to speak English in the community are also found to have an impact on student's attitudes toward learning English. The finding implies that a positive attitude towards the English language enhances language learning and negative attitude detriments the learning process. The study recommends the school and the teachers create a comfortable and conducive classroom environment and implement appropriate teaching-learning strategies and materials to enhance the positive attitude of students toward learning English as a second language. The study also recommends parents and the community support and encourage the use of English to enhance students' positive attitudes toward learning English.

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“…It is common knowledge that English is increasingly recognized as a tool for communication with the world [1]. In this context, universities are obliged to take up the important task of training foreign language talents to meet the needs of social and economic development.…”

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English Proficiency Evaluation Model of College Students by Using Intuitive Fuzzy Information Theory

Tang

2022

Advances in Multimedia

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English is a required university course in China and is a long-standing and consistent undergraduate-level course in China’s universities. It uses English as the medium and language of instruction to promote general education. As the most important content of undergraduate foreign language education, college English has different characteristics from other courses. It is only when its objectives, content, teaching activities, and assessment system fully reflect its unique requirements that it can truly achieve the ultimate goal of teaching this subject. With the advent of the information age, global economic integration and international exchange are deepening in various industries and fields. It is increasingly common for countries to require professionals to have foreign language skills, especially English as an international language. As a result, the demand for deeper English proficiency has become more prominent. In international communication, the English intercultural communication ability of key personnel directly affects the process of international communication, science and technology exchange, and the smooth transition of cultural conflicts in various fields and even determines the ultimate success of project cooperation. In this context, the effective use of English and cross-cultural communication skills is very important. Therefore, our higher education institutions are mainly responsible for training foreign language talents. However, the core problem facing English teaching in Chinese universities is the teaching value orientation. In particular, it seriously restricts the effectiveness of university English teaching. First, the value orientation of university English teaching deviates from the teaching objectives. It emphasizes the basic knowledge and skills of the English language, which makes teaching mainly stay on the foundation of the language. In other words, it is still limited to learning English for the sake of learning English, and the examination-oriented education is obvious, with a preference for instrumental teaching. Secondly, university English teaching focuses too much on the accumulation of English grammar rules and imitation drills, and the teaching style is dull and the teaching context is empty. This approach deviates from the characteristics of English intercultural communication, which makes the gap between the actual university English teaching and the real intercultural communication more and more obvious. Third, university English teaching lacks integration with other teaching values, especially with the humanistic orientation of university English teaching. Nowadays, a single teaching value orientation dominates university English teaching. As a result, the teaching around various English examinations has become a strange phenomenon in college English teaching.

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An Exploration of English Students’ Attitude toward Learning English

Cited by 29 publications

References 8 publications

The Use of Moodle in English Language Learning During the Pandemic: The Students Voice

The Use of Moodle in English Language Learning During the Pandemic: The Students Voice

Factors Affecting the Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Learning English Language: A Case of a Higher Secondary School in Southern Bhutan

English Proficiency Evaluation Model of College Students by Using Intuitive Fuzzy Information Theory

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