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ATTITUDES

OF STUDENTS

TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

Attitudes

of

First-Year _Teacher Education Students towards Learning English:

The Case

of

Two Universities in Pampanga

A

Thesis Presented to The Faculty

of

Graduate School

Holy

Angel

University

'

In Partial

Fulfillment

of the Requirements

for

the Degree Master of

Arts

in Educational Management

-on"

Marcial

Bonnie Mai}ra yE"'

April2014

HOIY AI{GEL UNIVERSITY LIBPART

ATTITUDES

OF STUDENTS TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH

Attitudes

of

First-Year

Teacher Education Students towards

Learning

English:

The Case of Two Universities

in

Pampanga

Marcial

Bonnie

Madla

Salac

Abstract

This study probed into the attitude of first-year teacher education students towards learning English from two universities in Pampanga, taking into account the behavioral, cognitive and emotional components of attitude. This paper explored

if

there was any significant difference in the students'attitudes towards learning the English language in terms of their gender and program.

A

total of 212 respondents from both public and private universities answered 45 questions to determine their current attitude towards the English language.

T-test was used to test the difference between the attitudes in reference to the students' gender, program and school. Concerning the three components

of

attitudes (behavioral, cognitive and emotional), the respondents showed positive attitudes towards learning English. When the variables were grouped according to gender and attitude; and program and attitude, the results showed no significant difference. However, when the variables were grouped

according to school and attitude, there was a significant difference. In reference to the resultso enriching the curriculum in English instruction, through benchmarking from other universities, is thus recommended.

Furthermore, testing the model presented in this paper is highly recommended.

Keywords : attitudes, language acquisition, emotion, behavior, cognitive

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