FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING AMONG SECOND YEAR COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS MAJOR IN ENGLISH OF NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY BAMBANG CAMPUS Mary Fe Joy M. Corcuera / Gwyneth Denice B. De Leon Veronica S. Dumanop / Allysa Kate R. Gambol / Gladys D. Ganceña RESEARCHERS
Research Agenda Project Activities Instruction and curriculum development Classroom management Pedagogical competence and management of learning Curriculum enhancement and development Assessment and evaluation of Learning
Background of the Study English language was introduced by the Americans. About 600 teachers travelled from the United States to the occupied Philippine territory, these teachers were then called Thomasites . The teachers established a new educational system to teach basic education and to train Filipino teachers using the English language as their medium of instruction. In the year 1972 English language has been declared to be one of the official languages in the Philippines. INTRODUCTION
There are many factors that influence students’ attitudes to learn English. These factors serve as motivation, inspiration, or even as a standard. Studying the language itself is not enough for an individual to fully master ‘that specific language’. One needs to be exposed to a place where that ‘specific language’ is being used on daily basis. Background of the Study
Background of the Study According to Ahmed (2015), students from various fields have differing attitudes toward English language learning in terms of usage domains and learning skills focus, demonstrating that a single curriculum or teaching methodology is inadequate. The learners' attitude is critical in maximizing learning and teaching output in the changing scenario of language teaching theories and methodologies, where the learners, rather than the teachers, are gaining a central position.
Conducting the research on Factors Influencing the attitudes towards English Language Learning Among Second Year College of Teacher Education Major in English Students of Nueva Vizcaya State University- Bambang campus helps the students, mentors, and researchers know the attitudes of each student in mastering and understanding the uses of the language’s structure. From this research, one can find their answer on their struggle of learning the English language. Background of the Study
Statement of the Problem 1. What is the respondents’ perception on their motivation, personality, experience and native language as factors influencing their attitudes towards English language learning? 2. What is the respondents’ perception on their attitudes towards English language learning? 3. Do the respondents’ perception on their motivation, personality, experience, and native language and their attitudes towards English language learning relate significantly?
Research Design RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Research Method A descriptive correlational method will be used by employing a questionnaire in gathering data to describe the factors and its relationship with the attitudes towards English language learning of the respondents.
Respondents of the Study In this research study, the respondents were selected following the purposive technique under non-probability sampling. 34 second-year English major students enrolled at the College of Teacher Education (CTE) at Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU)-Bambang campus during the second semester of the academic year 2021-2022 served as respondents.
Data Gathering Procedure
Research Instruments The researchers will use a survey questionnaire to gather the data using Likert Scale to measure the indicators per factors influencing the attitudes towards the English language learning of the respondents. The questionnaire will contain the indicators on the factors such as the motivation, personality, experience, and native language while the second part will be all about the respondents’ attitudes towards English language learning.
Research Instruments The questionnaire on Motivation was format of Gardner’s Attitude/ Motivation Test Battery where in the five items present the instrumental motivation. For our personality factor, this research study utilizes the Big Five factor model of Personality traits in an effort to accurately measure the respondents’ personality. The Big Five factor model of personality type builds on the works of Raymond Cattell , and Hans Eysenck based on Goldberg’s five dimension personality model.
Research Instruments On the other hand Experience factor was adopted from the Attitude Questionnaire Test employed by Boonrangsri , Chuaymankhong , Rermyindee , and Vongchittpinyo (2004). While the design of the administered questionnaire for the factor Native Language conforms to the accepted standards ( Dornyei , 2010). In this study, the same questionnaire was administered as used by other researchers ( Kavaliauskiene , Kaminskiene , 2007).
Statistical Tools Mean. This will be utilized to answer the question; How do the respondents perceive motivation, personality, experience , and native language as factors influencing their English language learning. Standard Deviation. This will measure the length between the factors indicator and its mean score. Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. This will be used to identify the significant relationship between the factors and the attitude towards English language learning of the respondents.
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