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Effect of attitude on foreign language acquisition: Arabic pronunciation as case study
AlMansour, Nasser Saleh1.
This study aims at investigating how attitude influences foreign language acquisition. In fact, the
present study focuses on the relationship between the pronunciation proficiency of some of the
American students learning Arabic at the Georgetown University, and their attitude toward
Arabic speakers. The study also reveals and points out some fundamentally related elements,
such as the exposure to Arabic Language and Arabic environment, to eliminate, or at least to
reduce, the students' negative attitudes that may hinder the process of pronunciation acquisition.
The sample of the study consisted of 6 students (4 females and 2 males) randomly chosen from
Georgetown University. A five-point likert scale attitude questionnaire and an achievement test
were used to collect data from the students who participated in this research. Results showed that
the students who have good attitudes towards Arabic speakers, and have visited or stayed in an
Arabic-speaking country, have the best pronunciation performance, while those who have neither
good attitudes nor stayed a long time in an Arabic-speaking country, have the poorest
performance.
Affiliation:
- King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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