Students’ attitudes towards English: the case of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Abstract

This study aimed at exploring the attitudes of the students of Chittagong
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University towards learning English in terms of cognitive, behavioral and emotional dimensions. The present study also
attempted at investigating whether there is any significant difference in
students’ attitudes on the basis of their demographic profile such as gender
and field of study. A total of 105 students from three disciplines namely—
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Food Science and Technology (FST) and
Fisheries (F) were administered a questionnaire as measuring tool. The
collected data were then analyzed with SPSS. The results revealed that though
respondents over all were positive in their attitudes towards learning English, the students of Fisheries showed the highest attitude towards learning English followed by FST and DVM. As for the gender variable, the female respondents showed higher attitude towards learning English than their male counterparts. However, statistical analysis revealed that these differences among the respondents of the three study disciplines and between their sexes were not significant.