Investigating EFL Adult Learners? Behavioral and Emotional Attitudes
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 1965, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Learning a language is influenced by a variety of factors. One of the most important of which are the learner’s attitude toward the target language. Behavioral and emotional attitudes are two kinds of the attitudes. Also speaking skill in English as a second or foreign language is an important skill which is affected by some individuals? characteristics of learners such as attitude. The aim of this study is to investigate behavioral and emotional attitudes toward learning speaking. To this end, a questionnaire was used which focused on the attitudes towards learning speaking in terms of emotional and behavioral aspects. This study took place at state university in Ilam, Iran .The participants were EFL students, both male and female, with the mean age of 20. At the end of the study, the collected data analyzed by using SPSS. The results showed that these participants have negative behavioral attitude towards speaking skill while they have high positive emotional attitude.
Authors and Affiliations
Hoda Ghaitasi (MA)| Department of English Language Teaching, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran, Dr. Akbar Azizifar| Department of English Language Teaching, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran, Dr. Habib Gowhary| Department of English Language Teaching, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran
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