Investigating the Attitudes of ESL Learners toward the English Language

Abstract

The study aims to understand the attitude of undergraduate ESL learners toward English in the Mewat region of Haryana. It is also concerned with investigating how differences in demography govern ESL learners' learning patterns and habits. For this purpose, 400 students (which makes 10%) of the total population of 4000 students in various colleges of Mewat region were selected randomly to understand the patterns and their behaviour toward learning English. To carry out the research, a questionnaire was developed to gather data and collect the responses and attitudes of the ESL learners. The quantitative analysis was employed with the help of descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA. The analysis demonstrated that most of the participants have a high degree of motivation to learn English. It also suggested that there is no significant difference in their attitudes based on family income, the education level of their parents, and gender. As positive attitudes act as an important means of motivation for ESL learning, these findings will be of immense help to teachers to reinvent their teaching strategies and design their study material accordingly.