University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of Chile
Attitude towards English as a foreign language is a new field of study in tertiary education in Latin-American countries, especially in Chile. However, its importance in the process of learning a language has been reported upon around the world. The aim of the current study was to identify the attit...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2020-01-01
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| description | Attitude towards English as a foreign language is a new field of study in tertiary education in Latin-American countries, especially in Chile. However, its importance in the process of learning a language has been reported upon around the world. The aim of the current study was to identify the attitudes towards English as a foreign language of 131 university students from different educational institutions in Chile; the students’ programs included English courses as part of their study plan. The three components of attitude were analyzed by means of the participants’ replies to the statements of a questionnaire. Results gave evidence that university students hold a positive attitude towards English as a foreign language; nonetheless, the behavioral aspect of attitude obtained the lowest average of agreement among the respondents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e896a13f322242889246f12a5d27f2dd2025-08-20T02:22:15ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902020-01-01221435610.15446/profile.v22n1.75401University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of ChileEric Gómez Burgos0Soledad Sandoval Molina1Universidad San SebastiánUniversidad de Los LagosAttitude towards English as a foreign language is a new field of study in tertiary education in Latin-American countries, especially in Chile. However, its importance in the process of learning a language has been reported upon around the world. The aim of the current study was to identify the attitudes towards English as a foreign language of 131 university students from different educational institutions in Chile; the students’ programs included English courses as part of their study plan. The three components of attitude were analyzed by means of the participants’ replies to the statements of a questionnaire. Results gave evidence that university students hold a positive attitude towards English as a foreign language; nonetheless, the behavioral aspect of attitude obtained the lowest average of agreement among the respondents.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/75401attitudeschileenglish as a foreign languageundergraduate students |
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| title | University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of Chile |
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| title_short | University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of Chile |
| title_sort | university students attitudes towards efl a case from the south of chile |
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