چکیده:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the undergraduate students’ attitudinal disposition towards Englishlanguage learning owing to their scholastic disposition to English language in the course of their studying in a Nigerianuniversity. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The sample consisted of an intact class of 332 Part3 undergraduate students who registered for EDU 309 (English Teaching Methods). A researcher-developed
instrument was used to collect data. Data collected were analysed using independent t-test statistical method. Theresults showed that factors affecting students’ attitudinal disposition towards learning English language significantlyinfluence their scholastic disposition to English language. Further, the findings indicated that there existed a significantdifference in students’ interest in learning English language and perception of English language learning owing to
their scholastic disposition to English language. Thus, teachers should motivate their students to learn better Englishby highlighting its importance as they need English for their academic achievement.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Measuring Attitudinal Disposition of Undergraduate Students to English Language Learning: The Nigerian University Experience Abdul-Wahab Ibrahim1, Idris Hamza Yana2, & Salisu Yinusa3 1.
com Received: November 26, 2017 Accepted: January 21, 2018 Online Published: March 20, 2018 Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the undergraduate students’ attitudinal disposition towards English language learning owing to their scholastic disposition to English language in the course of their studying in a Nigerian university.
Considering the importance attached to the learning of English language in Nigerian educational system, it is very vital to study the undergraduate students’ attitudes towards learning English language and its effects on their scholastic achievement in a Nigerian University.
2. 1 Research Hypotheses Towards this end, three hypotheses were generated for the study namely: Ho1: Factors affecting students’ attitudinal disposition towards learning English language will not significantly influence their scholastic disposition to English language.
All undergraduate students who registered for a compulsory course in ‘English Teaching Methods’ during the Harmattan Semester of 2016/2017 Session in the Faculty of Education of the Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State, Nigeria, constituted the target population for the study.
3. 3 Research Instrument The main instrument used in collecting relevant data for this study was "Students Attitudinal Disposition and Scholastics in English Language Learning Questionnaire (SADSELQ)" developed by the researchers.
These findings are in consonant with the earlier studies by Al-Shobani (2016), Qashoa (2006), and Lightbown and Spada, (2006), who in their separate studies discovered that attitudes and motivation represent the factors that prominently affect students’ performance of English language learning since they play a prominent role in the success of English language learning."