Zulida binti Abdul Kadir
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

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Investigating Students’ Attitude and Motivation in Learning English as a Second Language among Four Higher Institutions in Malaysia Zulida binti Abdul Kadir; Rosmahalil Azrol bin Abdullah; Sarala @Thulasi Palpanadan; Siti Sara binti Zainal Abidin; Siti Salmiah binti Muhammad; Abdullah Adnan bin Mohamed
PAROLE: Journal of Linguistics and Education Vol 10, No 1 (2020): Volume 10 Number 1 April 2020
Publisher : Master Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University

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The aim of this study is to examine the students’ motivation and attitude towards learning English as a second language from four Malaysian higher institutions. A random sampling of 471 respondents participated in this study. Using 28 items instrument, adapted from Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB), an online questionnaire was distributed in getting the data. Students’ motivational level is found to be high with (M=6.37, SD=0.77, M=6.10, SD=0.82). Additionally, the respondents are having positive attitudes in learning English (M=4.07, SD=0.48).  With the findings, it is a hope that this can be a guidance for instructors to design a suitable lesson and approach to be used in the class.