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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
The purposes of this study were to investigate the attitudes and achievement motivation
of Arab postgraduate towards learning of English language in selected public universities
in Malaysia and to determine the relationship between attitudes and achievement
motivation of the respondents. The respondents were 226 Arab postgraduates in language
centres in the selected public universities in Malaysia learning English language. The
research questionnaires used for this data collection were adopted and consist of six
dimensions which were emotion, behavioural, cognitive (attitudes), mastery,
performance, and avoidance goal (achievement motivation) with 54 items altogether. The
data from the returned questionnaire were statistically analysed by using the SPSS
program for percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and ANOVA.
Findings from this research revealed that the respondents have a positive attitude and
achievement motivation towards learning English Language. Furthermore, there were no
statistically significant differences in attitudes and achievements motivation of the
respondents in a team of gender. Finally, the finding indicates that there is a positive and
strong relationship between attitudes and achievements motivation as the three
dimensions used to measure attitudes were significantly correlated with the three
dimensions used to measure achievements motivation. There was positive correlation
between attitudes measured by emotion and achievements measured by mastery, r=.
164**, n= 226, p |
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