Abstract:
The research is intended to investigate the attitudes and motivation of third year
English language students in Sudan University of Science and Technology at
college of languages (SUST) toward English language learning. 70 students (49
female, 21 male) from the Department of English language at SUST participated in
the study.
The researcher hypothesized that; SUST students were motivated and have
positive attitudes towards their use of English, there is not much difference in
SUST students' attitudes towards English language learning regarding gender, and
lastly there is different strategiesthat could be utilized to enhance the students'
attitude and motivation. To achieve the aims of the study a questionnaire for
student was used for data collection. The quantitative data of the questionnaire
were analyzed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the
results were critically described and discussed.
According to the results the three hypotheses were conformed, for the students’
attitudes, the findings showed third-year English language students had positive
attitudes towards the learning of English. Interestingly enough, the results
indicated that a high number of the students showed their interest towards speaking
and practice of English
On the other hand, data for the students’ motivation revealed that subjects’ are
generally more extrinsically than intrinsically motivated to learn English to do well
in their examinations and for future career.
As regards gender, results show no significant differences between subjects'
response to attitude and motivation. Moreover male and female students have
stronger instrumental motivation orientation than integrative motivation.
