AbstractThe current investigation used in-depth interviews with guiding questions to study the attitudes
and motivation as contributing factor to speak English in a residential school. Once the data were
collected and analyzed, case studies were written. The case studies were all organized in the same
manner. First, each participant was presented in a chronological order, regarding their views of
speaking English.
The study was carried out in a well-known residential school in Klang, Selangor. There are almost
700 hundred students in this school and participants are students selected in Form Four for the
purpose of this study. The school is situated in a town area.
Six participants were selected for this naturalistic case study where their responses were recorded
and analyzed. In-depth interviews, observations and field notes were used as methods in the study.
The data were analyzed using Cohen Kappa's realibilty check to ensure reliability
and validity of the data. .....