Open AccessInvestigating Students’ Attitude and Motivation in Learning English as a Second Language among Four Higher Institutions in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Zulida binti Abdul Kadir,
Rosmahalil Azrol Abdullah,
Siti Sara binti Zainal Abidin,
Siti Salmiah Muhammad,
Abdullah Adnan Mohamed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
parole: journal of linguistics and education/parole
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-0683
pISSN - 2087-345X
DOI - 10.14710/parole.v10i1.72-79
Subject(s) - psychology , positive attitude , test (biology) , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , english language , social psychology , computer science , paleontology , artificial intelligence , biology
The aim of this study is to examine the students’ motivation and attitude towards learning English as a second language from four Malaysian higher institutions. A random sampling of 471 respondents participated in this study. Using 28 items instrument, adapted from Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB), an online questionnaire was distributed in getting the data. Students’ motivational level is found to be high with (M=6.37, SD=0.77, M=6.10, SD=0.82). Additionally, the respondents are having positive attitudes in learning English (M=4.07, SD=0.48). With the findings, it is a hope that this can be a guidance for instructors to design a suitable lesson and approach to be used in the class.