UiTM Perlis’ engineering students’ sttitudes in ESL learning

Abstract

Language attitudes have been part of the affective factors that influence language learning. These attitudes that the learners have towards the target language may either enhance growth or impede language learning process. This study aims to find out the types of language attitudes that the students have in learning the second language (ESL). The data were collected by means of questionnaires to which 60 Diploma of Engineering students who are taking an English course at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Perlis responded. Based on the current research on the second language acquisition (SLA), various learning attitudes were identified. The results indicate significant differences in terms of students’ language learning attitudes in relation to their gender and background.