Attitudes and motivation of Malaysian secondary students towards learning English as a second language: a case study

• Main Authors: Thang, Siew Ming, Ting, Siew Ling, Nurjanah Mohd Jaafar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2047/1/5._3LVol17%281%292011Thang_Siew_Ming_et_al_doc.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2047/; http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The English Language has always played a significant role in Malaysia’s quest of becoming a developed nation. Despite this, the English proficiency level of Malaysian students is far from satisfactory. What are the reasons for this? Motivational studies have shown that Malaysian students realise the...