Attitudes and Motivation of Students towards English Language Learning

Christina Y. Rigim, Parilah M. Shah

Attitudes; instrumental motivation; integrative motivation; second language; L2

This survey research aimed to investigates students’ attitudes and motivations towards learning English as a second language. The respondent of  this study consist of 90 Year 4 students in one school at Kapit, Sarawak. Questionnaire was used in this survey. The findings revealed that both male and female students have positive attitudes towards English language learning. Besides that, female students have a high motivation compared to male students  where female students hold 66.7% while male students hold 33.3% of motivation.