Attitudes of An-Najah National University Students towards English as a Foreign Language

Attitudes of An-Najah National University Students towards English as a Foreign Language

Reema Nizar Bustami The present study aimed at determining the attitudes of An-Najah National University students towards English as a foreign language and determining the effect of students' gender, college, academic year, place of residence, and fathers' and mothers' level of education on their attitudes towards English as a foreign language. A questionnaire has been developed, reviewed and tested. The population of this study is the Bachelor students of An-Najah National University. The size of the proposed population is 8165 students. They are distributed between eleven colleges. The sample is taken as a stratified random sample with a size of approximately 11% of the population (893 students). To analyze the results of the questionnaire, different statistical techniques have been used. These include means and percentages to determine the student's attitudes, one way analysis of variance and scheffe's Post Hoc test to determine the effect of the study variables on the attitudes of students, and independent t-test to determine the effect of the study variables on the attitudes of the students. Reema Nizar Bustami Supervisor Dr. Fawaz Aqel 1999 Zajel / An-Najah National University