A Report on Student Attitudes toward the Study of English Language

Abstract

I made inquiries about student attitudes toward the study of English language in 1984. The subjects were 535 junior high school students in Tottori City. The questionnaire consisted of 20 items which were evaluated by a five-point scale. The data were administered by the computer, which showed a significance (1) between the items and the likes & dislikes of English, (2) between the items and the school years, and (3) between the items, and the likes & dislikes of English and the school years, P-2, P=4, P-9 and P-10 were the items which showed a significance (P <.O5 〜.01) in all the three tests. The items which were found very positive were P-2, P-4, P-5, M-18, M-19 and M-20. Last, I mentioned the implications of the results.