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The present study aims at investigating the effect of applying group work technique on developing non-English major students' attitude towards learning English as a foreign language .Two null hypotheses have been formulated; the first hypothesis states that there is no statistically significant difference between the experimental and control group in their attitude towards learning EFL after the experiment. The second one states that there is no statistically significant difference in (pre-post questionnaire) of the experimental group students' attitude towards learning EFL. To achieve the aim of the study, and verify its hypothesis, the researcher has applied eight week experiment. A sample of 62 students has been chosen and divided into experimental and control groups. It has been chosen randomly from the second year students in the Basic Education College/ Department of History/Academic year (2017-2018). The attitude questionnaire for both groups was applied before and after the experiment. After processing the results statistically, it was found that there is a statistically significant difference in favor of the experimental group. Having used the t-test formula, it was found that there is statistically significant development in the experimental group students' attitude towards learning EFL, which in turn indicates that the use of The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 2 GWT is more effective than the traditional method. Conclusion and recommendations were drawn. صلختسملا يعامجلا لمعلا ةينقت مادختسا ريثأت نم ققحتلا ىلا يلاحلا ثحبلا فديي نيصصختملا ريغ نييقا رعلا ةبمطمل ةيزيمكنلاا ةغملا ممعت تاىاجتا يف فدى قيقحت لجا نم نيتيرفص نيتيضرف ةغايص مت .ةيزيمكنلاا ةغملاب نيب ةيئاصحا ةللاد تاذ قرف كانى سيل ناب ىلولاا ةيضرفلا ريشت .ثحبلا هاجتلاا سايقم ءادلا ةطباضلاو ةيبيرجتلا نيتعومجممل ةيباسحلا تاطسوتملا سيل وناب ريشتف ةيناثلا ةيضرفلا اما .ةيزيمكنلاا ةغملا ممعت وحن يدعبلا سايقم ءادلا ةيباسحلا تاطسوتملا نيب ةيئاصحا ةللاد تاذ قرف كانى قيقحت لجا نم .ةيبيرجتلا ةعومجممل يدعبلاو ىمبقلا هاجتلاا ,ةسا ردلا فدى ريغ عيماجممل يبيرجتلا ميمصتلا مادختساب عيباسا نامث ةدمل ةبرجت تيرجا نم ناتعومجم تريتخا .ةئفاكتملا 26 ةيمك /ةيناثلا ةمحرملا نم ابلاط يسا ردلا ماعمل خيراتلا مسق /ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا 6102 6102 تريتخا . ك ىرخلاا تريتخاو ةيبيرجت ةعومجمك نيتعومجملا ىدحا .ةطباض ةعومجم ةجلاعم دعب .ةبرجتلا دعبو لبق نيتعومجممل هاجتلاا ةنابتسا قيبطت مت ةعومجملا حلاصل ةيئاصحا ةللاد تاذ قرف كانى نأب دجو ايئاصحا جئاتنلا هاجتا يف ظوحمم روطت كلانى نا دجو يئاتلا رابتخلاا قيبطتبو .ةيبيرجتلا يزيمكنلاا ةغملا ممعت وحن ةيبيرجتلا ةعومجملا نا ىلا ريشي هرودب اذىو ة عضو مت .ةيديمقتلا ةقيرطلا نم ةيمعاف رثكا يعامجلا لمعلا ةينقت مادختسا .تاجاتنتسلااو تايصوتلاو ةمتاخلا The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 3 Chapter One Introduction 1.1. The Problem of the Study and its Significance The role of attitude as an essential factor that affects learners’ learning and performance of all language skills and activities has formed a turning point of study and interest for a number of scholars in language teaching, learning, and acquisition. This is so because attitude, through its three main components, namely cognitive, affective and behavioural, formulates the ways that learners think of the new language, feel of it and behave in doing all its relevancies. The group work technique (henceforth GWT) enables teachers to create a group, generate interest, and organize activities which focus on deeper learning through discussion, reflection and problem – solving inquiry. Thus, teachers are responsible for providing students with appropriate techniques that might increase those opportunities of language use. Therefore, organizing the class into groups is one of the inevitable ways to provide learners with extensive oral practice. 1.2. Aims The current study aims at: 1Discovering the attitude of non-English major students towards learning EFL. 2Developing nonEnglish major students' attitude towards EFL. 1.3. Hypotheses The following null hypotheses are postulated: 1There is no statistically significant difference between the experimental and control group in their attitudes towards EFL after the experiment. The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 4 2There is no statistically significant difference of the experimental group in their attitudes towards EFL in (pre-post attitude questionnaire). 1.4. Limitations The current study is limited to the following: 1Second-year college students at the History Department in the College of Basic Education in Baghdad. 2The academic year 2017-2018. 3Attitude questionnaire. 1.5 Value It is hoped that this study will be of value in the following aspects: 1. It can be useful in providing Iraqi EFL university students with new techniques and strategies that help them to enhance their oral proficiency and to promote autonomy in language use in speaking classes. 2. It can help the curriculum developers, syllabus designers in general and course designers and university professors in particular to pay more attention to students’ needs and attitudes. 3. Such a study may be of primary significance and benefit to the researchers in getting training in the use of GWT to teach English language, in addition to having a close view of students' performance in classroom. 1.6 Procedures The following procedures are adopted to collect data: 1Selecting a sample of second-year college students at the Basic Education College/Department of History and dividing them into control and experimental groups. 2Designing and validating an attitude questionnaire. 3Applying the pre-post questionnaire on the sample of the study. 4Using a suitable rubric. The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 5 5Analyzing the collected data and suitable statistical methods are used to calculate results. 6Finding out results and stating conclusions. 1.7. Definition of Basic Terms 1.7.1. Attitude A feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this opinion (Richards& Schmidt, 2002:18). The operational definition:It is an acquired willingness, either negative or positive, adopted by university students towards learning EFL. 1.7.2. Group work According to Woolfolk (1998:19) group work is interdependence among students achieving an exchange of thoughts in which all members must participate in a sharing of ideas, beliefs, opinions and so on. The operational definition: It means a number of students working together in groups to complete a task or an exercise in the coursebook. 1.7.3. Technique it is an instructional procedure designed to relate to the learner the material being presented in order to facilitate learning (Karahan, 2007:79). The operational definition: it is the instructional tool which is used in the learning environment to ease and support the teaching method specially, and learning process generally. The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 6 Chapter Two Theoretical Background 2.0.An Introductory Note This chapter deals with the concept of attitude and its importance in EFL settings. Besides, it gives a clear conception of GWT, definition, importance as well as its advantages and disadvantages. 2.1. Attitude 2.1.1. Definition of Attitude According to Travers (1973: 337) an attitude as “a willingness to respond in such a way that behavior is given a certain direction”. This definition implies that attitude is responsible for behaving in a particular and a definite way. Kara (2009:17) adds that learrners' attitude towards learning affect their performance. Whenever one has a positive attitude towards something, he/she will try to achieve it. On the opposite side, if he/she has a negative attitude, then he/she will feel hostile and will try to avoid it. All in all, and according to the previous definitions, we can say that attitudes are responsible for the way people behave towards objects, ideas or people. Attitudes differ from other pre-dispositions or tendencies such as habits or interests in the sense that attitudes are learned dispositions, they have motivational characteristics, and they may be arranged from positive to negative. 2.1.2. Importance of Attitude in EFL As noted earlier, the attitude plays an important role in learning FL students and can affect their failure or success. Gardner (1985:23) points out that the motivation to learn FL is determined by the learner's personal characteristics, such as his attitude toward foreigners in general and their language in particular. Karahan (2007:79) states that the positive attitude of learners who study EFL will support their attitude toward The Effect of Using Group Work Technique on Developing Attitudes of non-English Major Students towards Learning English as a Foreign Language Asst. Instr. Hayder Abdulzahra Shalash دلجملا ةيساسلاا ةيبرتلا ةيلك ةلجم 52 ددعلا 013 5102 7 learning the target language. According to Buros & Perez (2015:317) many studies on university students' attitudes towards FL learning has been published in the last decade. These studies have confirmed the pivotal impact of attitude towards learning FL and how positive attitu