Naslov
The Importance of Attitude in Foreign Language Learning

Autori
Perić Barbara ; Radić Venesa

Izvornik
Rithink (1848-5324) 10 (2021); 26-39

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
attitudes ; college students ; language ; learning ; foreign languages
(attitudes ; college students ; language ; learning, ; foreign languages)

Sažetak
This research study focuses on the importance of foreign languages to college students and their attitudes towards learning foreign languages. Participants in this study are 47 students at the main Rochester Institute of Technology campus and 46 students at its subsidiary in Croatia (RIT Croatia) who have already finished language learning process or are still in the process of acquiring a new language. The main focus of this paper is to discover how students feel about learning a foreign language. The purpose of this study is to find out what differences in attitudes towards learning foreign languages appear among the two groups of RIT students. The results of this research showed that both groups of RIT students had very similar attitudes toward language learning and just some of the differences appeared. Mostly, attitudes were positive and students have showed interest in language learning. All of the RIT students have recognized the importance of foreign languages in today’s world

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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