ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language
Learning a foreign language is a daunting task for many especially adult learners. This is because their motivation to learn the languages varies from one individual to another. Some do it to fulfill graduation requirement from the institution they are studying in while others, for fun. Thus, owi...
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| author | Jusoh, Zailani Abdullah, Liza |
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| description | Learning a foreign language is a daunting task for many especially adult learners. This
is because their motivation to learn the languages varies from one individual to another.
Some do it to fulfill graduation requirement from the institution they are studying in
while others, for fun. Thus, owing to these differences, understanding their attitude and
beliefs about the language they take up is important as the belief affects language
learning performance. This paper is written to investigate the beliefs of student
teachers majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) about learning
Arabic as a foreign/third language. The respondents were enrolled in Arabic as foreign
language class to meet the graduation requirement. Data for the study were collected
using BALLI, an instrument to measure students’ beliefs about language learning. As
this is a descriptive study, the data gathered were analysed using percentage. In
general, respondents held positive beliefs about learning Arabic despite having some
unrealistic beliefs about the language. The findings have a number of contributions
both pedagogically and practically. One pedagogical implication the study contributes
is with regards to the needs to inculcate realistic beliefs among students in learning
Arabic as a foreign language. |
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| spelling | iium-818642020-07-24T08:01:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81864/ ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language Jusoh, Zailani Abdullah, Liza PE English PJ6001 Arabic Learning a foreign language is a daunting task for many especially adult learners. This is because their motivation to learn the languages varies from one individual to another. Some do it to fulfill graduation requirement from the institution they are studying in while others, for fun. Thus, owing to these differences, understanding their attitude and beliefs about the language they take up is important as the belief affects language learning performance. This paper is written to investigate the beliefs of student teachers majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) about learning Arabic as a foreign/third language. The respondents were enrolled in Arabic as foreign language class to meet the graduation requirement. Data for the study were collected using BALLI, an instrument to measure students’ beliefs about language learning. As this is a descriptive study, the data gathered were analysed using percentage. In general, respondents held positive beliefs about learning Arabic despite having some unrealistic beliefs about the language. The findings have a number of contributions both pedagogically and practically. One pedagogical implication the study contributes is with regards to the needs to inculcate realistic beliefs among students in learning Arabic as a foreign language. AESS Publications 2020-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81864/1/81864_ESL%20Student%20Teachers%20Beliefs.pdf Jusoh, Zailani and Abdullah, Liza (2020) ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 10 (1). pp. 43-50. ISSN 2226-5139 E-ISSN 2224-4441 http://www.aessweb.com/pdf-files/IJASS-2020-10(1)-43-50.pdf 10.18488/journal.1.2020.101.43.50 |
| spellingShingle | PE English PJ6001 Arabic Jusoh, Zailani Abdullah, Liza ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title | ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title_full | ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title_fullStr | ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title_full_unstemmed | ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title_short | ESL student teachers beliefs about learning Arabic as a foreign language |
| title_sort | esl student teachers beliefs about learning arabic as a foreign language |
| topic | PE English PJ6001 Arabic |
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