Motivation and Attitude in Learning English among UiTM Students in the Northern Region of Malaysia

Autor/inn/en	Bidin, Samsiah; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman; Aziz, Nurazila Abdul; Salleh, Musdiana Mohamad; Tajudin, Taniza
Titel	Motivation and Attitude in Learning English among UiTM Students in the Northern Region of Malaysia
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 2 (2009) 2, S.16-20 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; College Students; Student Motivation; Student Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Correlation; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Incentives; Gender Differences; Language Tests; Language Proficiency; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Collegestudent; Schulische Motivation; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Anreiz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Language test; Sprachtest; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between the students' motivation and attitude and their English Language performance. The subjects were the part two students from three UiTM campuses in the Northern Region. The research tool used was in the form of a questionnaire. The mean scores analysis of the motivation and performance revealed that the students were more extrinsically than intrinsically motivated when learning English. However, the one-way ANOVA test showed that there is no significant difference. To test the students' attitudes and their performance, the Spearman Rho Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient was used and the analysis revealed a significant correlation between attitude and achievement. The one-way ANOVA also showed that there is a significant difference. The mean scores was used to find out whether there is any difference between the respondents of different gender and their attitude in learning English. The results showed the existence of significant difference. (As Provided).
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