Influence of attitudes and motivation on students’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language : a study at O. I. U English Department 3rd year students

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Hasan, Arafah Mahmud

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Shaarani, Abd al-Wahhab

أعضاء اللجنة

Mahdi, Hamid al-Dud
al-Ansari, Abbas Abd al-Rahman Babakir

الجامعة

جامعة أم درمان الإسلامية

الكلية

كلية الآداب

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الانجليزية و آدابها

دولة الجامعة

السودان

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2007

الملخص الإنجليزي

The study aims to measure, analyze and evaluate university students' attitudes and motivation towards foreign languages, namely English, as it has witnessed a shameful decline in the recent years.

A further aim of the study is to gauge the impact of these variables on students' achievements in English. To answer the questions of this study, which is a tip of the ice berg, four hypotheses have been set forth and a random sample of 25 students from Omdurman Islamic University have been selected.

The subjects are third level students, from academic year 2005-2006.

They are in the range of 19-21 years of age. The data of the study has been obtained through a questionnaire and from the results' sheet of the subjects final exams.

The data was then manipulated by the statistical package for social science (SPSS) and then analyzed and discussed in ample detail.

Also the study dwelt on the correlation between positive attitudes, high motivation and student’s high achievement and vise versa. The main findings of this study have been summed up in the following: 1.

Student’s achievement in English language is affected by their attitudes and motivation. 2.

High achievers have positive attitudes towards learning English, its native speaker and to some what toward its culture. 3.

The high level of motivation determines students’ high achievement in learning English language. 4.

There are consequential relationships between students’ attitudes, motivation and their achievement in English language. 5.

The Sudanese students are apt to have instrumental and general orientation in learning English as a foreign language.

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم التربوية

الموضوعات

عدد الصفحات

107

قائمة المحتويات

Table of contents.

Abstract.

Chapter One : Introduction.

Chapter Two : Literature review.

Chapter Three : Methodology.

Chapter Four : Presentation, analysis and discussion.

Chapter Five : Summary, conclusion and recommendation.

References.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Hasan, Arafah Mahmud. (2007). Influence of attitudes and motivation on students’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language : a study at O. I. U English Department 3rd year students. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Hasan, Arafah Mahmud. Influence of attitudes and motivation on students’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language : a study at O. I. U English Department 3rd year students. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University. (2007).
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Hasan, Arafah Mahmud. (2007). Influence of attitudes and motivation on students’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language : a study at O. I. U English Department 3rd year students. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
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لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-367940