A study of the attitude of the students towards the language of instruction

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dc.contributor.authorRaza-E-Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-11T07:56:59Z
dc.date.available2011-01-11T07:56:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractEnglish occupies a unique status in Pakistani society. It is as much used as it is hated. The existence of two separate systems of education to cater for the needs of different social classes has further complicated the issue of linguistic preference. The students of Urdumedium schools, due to less frequent contact with English do not accept English as an important language and the students of English-medium schools, due to their prolonged contact with English develop positive attitude towards it. However, whether they consequently develop a negative attitude towards English and Urdu respectively is what this research tried to find out. Three different types of schools from Gujranwala region were selected for this study and a questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection. It showed that the students of Urdu-medium schools had indeed developed a negative attitude towards English. On the other hand, the students of English-medium schools had developed a slightly negative attitude towards Urdu. Interviews further underscored the issue of language attitudes. Most of the Urdu-medium students, despite wanting to learn English, hated it for various reasons. On the other hand, the students of English-medium schools preferred English over Urdu. The problems of language attitudes and their impact on the socio-political divide of the country have been discussed in detail in this research.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Management and Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/102
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMaster Thesisen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectLanguage Attitudeen_US
dc.titleA study of the attitude of the students towards the language of instructionen_US
dc.titleA study of the attitude of the students towards the language of instructionen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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