ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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https://doi.org/10.66817/gspty921Keywords:
Secondary school, students, English language, English EducationAbstract
This study attempts to investigate secondary school students’ attitude towards the English language. The investigation was conducted using descriptive survey approach. The population of the entire study consisted of all secondary school students in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. As a representative sample of the population, 150 secondary school students from Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal were chosen. The data was gathered using a random sampling technique. To find out how secondary school students’ attitude about the English language, a Likert-type attitude scale was employed. The findings showed that secondary school students have a moderate attitude towards the English language. Additionally, it is discovered that there is no discernible difference between the attitude of Male and Female, IX and X secondary school students. Additionally, the study found that attitudes of secondary school students in Bengali-medium and English-medium schools differ significantly. Similarly, the attitudes of students also differ on the basis of their caste.
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