A comparative study of attitudes toward English language held by Grades 7-10 students at no.1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar
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2019
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Scholar: Human Sciences 11, 2 (July-December 2019), 75-89
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A comparative study of attitudes toward English language held by Grades 7-10 students at no.1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was two-folded: firstly, to determine the levels
of attitudes toward learning English, in terms of four subscales (i.e., English language
teacher, English language class, English language textbook and English language
work), of Grades 7-10 students at № 1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar;
and secondly, to determine if there was a significant difference among Grades 7-10
students at the target school regarding their attitudes toward learning English
language in terms of the aforementioned subscales. This quantitative study used the
questionnaire originally developed by Uribe, Gutierrez & Madrid (2013), in order to
examine students’ attitudes toward English language. The respondents were 529
Grades 7-10 students from № 1 Mindat High School, Chin State, Myanmar, during
the academic year 2017-18. The research findings indicated that, on average, Grade
7, Grade 8 and Grade 9 students showed positive attitudes toward English language,
whereas Grade 10 students, on average, showed neither positive nor negative attitudes
toward English language. A Games-Howell post hoc multiple comparison test
revealed a significant difference in attitudes toward English language between
students from Grade 7 and Grade 9, Grade 7 and Grade 10, Grade 8 and Grade 9, and
Grade 8 and Grade 10. Contrarily, it was not found a significant difference in attitudes
toward English language in students from Grade 7 and Grade 8, or Grade 9 and Grade
10. Finally, recommendations for teachers, students, administrators and future
researchers are presented.
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