EXTENDED CURRICULUM PROGRAMME STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY

F. Megbowon, C. Uwah
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English is one of the top ten international languages spoken by people globally and it has continued to play a dominant role in various fields and sectors. Despite the importance of English, it has been a subject of political and social debate in the South Africa space. Nevertheless, irrespective of arguments for and against it, English remains an indispensable language to learn and understand for any globally oriented people, institution, and country. Attitude towards a foreign language learning are part of factors that influence success or otherwise in such a language learning process. Thus, this study aims to investigate the attitude of ECP students towards English and English language learning. The study further explores the differences in the attitudes of ECP students by gender. The participants of the study were a sample of 98 students who were selected through a simple random sampling of students from two different academic years of the ECP in the Faculty of Management and Commerce. Descriptive and inferential analytical techniques were applied on information obtained through a closed-ended questionnaire. The study found that respondents have a positive attitude towards English and English Learning. Therefore, this study concludes that social and political debates on language policies in higher institutions of learning should not be done outside the perception and realities of direct receivers of socio-political debate outcomes. Furthermore, strategies to enhance the English language skills of the students in the midst of the eleven recognized national languages that cannot be absolutely accommodated in the South African higher institutions of learning should be continually developed.
扩展课程计划学生对英语作为第二语言在南非大学的态度
英语是全球人民使用的十大国际语言之一,它继续在各个领域和部门发挥主导作用。尽管英语很重要,但它一直是南非政治和社会辩论的主题。然而,无论赞成或反对,英语仍然是任何面向全球的人、机构和国家学习和理解的不可或缺的语言。对外语学习的态度是影响外语学习过程成功与否的因素之一。因此,本研究的目的是调查英语专业学生对英语和英语语言学习的态度。本研究进一步探讨了ECP学生在态度上的性别差异。这项研究的参与者是98名学生,他们是通过简单随机抽样从管理与商业学院两个不同学年的ECP学生中挑选出来的。描述性和推理分析技术应用于通过封闭式问卷调查获得的信息。研究发现,受访者对英语和英语学习持积极态度。因此,本研究得出结论,高等院校中关于语言政策的社会和政治辩论不应该在社会政治辩论结果的直接接受者的感知和现实之外进行。此外,应继续制定策略,以提高学生在十一种公认的国家语言中的英语语言技能,这些语言在南非的高等教育机构中是绝对不能容纳的。
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