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Language attitudes means attitudes towards “all sorts of behaviour concerning
language, including attitudes toward language maintenance and planning
effort” (Fasold, 1984:148).
In addition, attitude objects
also attitudes to language variation, dialect and speech style, language learning, language
lessons and language preference
(Baker,
1992:29).
Operationally, the data on language
attitudes can be acquired from a self-constructed questionnaire which reflects
the five personality traits namely: self-image, inhibition, risk-taking,
ego-permeability and ambiguity (Sidek, 2009:72).
Language
Attitude Instrument
No.
|
Variables
|
Indicator
|
1
|
Self-image
|
Student is
able to determine about his self-image.
|
2
|
Inhibition
|
Student is
able to identify inhibitions he may have while taking the learning process.
|
3
|
Risk-taking
|
Student is
able to take a risk while encountering problems in taking the learning
process.
|
4
|
Ego-permeability
|
Student is
able to maintain the ego-permeability while taking the learning process.
|
5
|
Ambiguity
|
Student is
able to determine the ambiguity he may have while taking the lesson.
|
Total
of Statements
|
||
The following is one model of
language attitude questionnaire:
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
strongly disagree
|
disagree
|
neither agree nor disagree
|
agree
|
strongly agree
|
1.
I
think I’m a pretty good language learner. 1 2 3 4 5
2.
Learning
a language may be important to 1 2 3 4 5
my goals, but I
don’t expect it to be much fun.
3.
My
language learning aptitude is probably 1 2 3 4 5
pretty high.
4.
I
don’t have any idea about how to go about 1 2 3 4 5
learning a
language.
5.
I
think that I could learn pretty much any 1 2 3 4 5
language I
really put my mind to, given
the right circumstances.
6.
I
worry a lot about making mistakes. 1 2 3 4 5
7.
I’m
afraid people will laugh at me if I don’t 1 2 3 4 5
say things
right.
8.
I
end up trembling and practically in a cold 1 2 3 4 5
sweat when I have
to talk in front of people.
9.
I
find it hard to make conversation even 1 2 3 4 5
with people who speak
my own language.
10. I feel a
resistance from within when I try to 1 2 3 4 5
speak in a
foreign language, even if
I’ve
practiced.
11. It is a mark of
respect to people to learn 1 2 3 4 5
their language
if you’re living in their country.
12. I like getting
to know people from other 1 2 3 4 5
countries, in
general.
13. Speaking the
language of the community 1 2 3 4 5
where I’ll be
living will let me help people
more than I could otherwise.
14. I don’t like the
idea of relying on speaking 1 2 3 4 5
English (or my
mother tongue)
in another
country.
15. I think the
people of the country where I’ll 1 2 3 4 5
be living would like
for me to learn
their language.
16. I won’t really
be able to get to know people 1 2 3 4 5
well if I don’t
speak their language.
17. There is a right
and a wrong way to do almost 1 2 3 4 5
everything, and
I think it’s my duty to figure
out which is which and do it
right.
18. It annoys me
when people don’t give me a 1 2 3 4 5
clear-cut
answer, but just beat around the bush.
19. You should say
“yes” if you mean yes and 1 2 3 4 5
“no” if you mean
no. Not to do so is dishonest.
20. You have to
understand people’s culture and 1 2 3 4 5
value system before
you can be sure
whether some things are right
or wrong.
References:
Baker, C. 1992. Attitudes
and Language. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Fasold, R. 1984. The Sociolinguistics
of Society. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Sidek, Harison M. 2009. Personality Traits and Language Learning
Attitudes among College Students.
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