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Attitude and its Aspects towards English Language Learning among the Students of Public and Private Schools of Gujranwala
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This comparative study investigates the learners' attitudes towards learning English from two comparative education systems (private and public sector) of Pakistan. This study is an attempt to measure the cognitive, emotional and behavioral attitudes of these young learners towards English. The research methodology is quantitative in nature. The tool used for data analysis by the researchers is questionnaire. Steal’s (2004) questionnaire has been used to measure the attitude of the learners towards English language. The data has been collected from 100 students of four different schools including two private and two public schools in Gujranwala district. The quantitative analysis of the data is executed by SPSS and the findings reveal that the students of private schools show positive attitude towards English language as compared to the public schools’ students. The researchers also suggest a large-scale study from various parts of the country with larger population to know the reason behind the positive or negative attitude of students.Authors
1-Muhammad Shahbaz Assistant Professor, Department of English, GC Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Behzad Anwar Assistant Professor,Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Muhammad Babar Jamil Assistant Professor,Department of English,Gift University, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.Keywords
L2 Attitude, Public Schools, Private Schools, Gujranwala PakistanDOI Number
10.31703/grr.2018(III-I).20Page Nos
281-293Volume & Issue
III - I
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