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- Title
Investigating Pakistani University Students' Beliefs about Learning English.
- Authors
Badshah, Islam; Kausar, Ghazala; Khan, Rab Nawaz
- Abstract
This study aimed at finding out the beliefs of Pakistani first year university students about learning English language. BALLI (Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory) was used to collect data from 177 first year university students. Data was collected from three universities in Peshawar. The findings of the study showed that Pakistani university students believed that English language learning is best done at an early stage in life which required special capabilities. They held that for learning a language, one has to memorize countless vocabulary items. The teachers are role models for them and they regarded complete mastery over pronunciation as an essential element for effective communication.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN in literature; ENGLISH Education (Periodical); ENGLISH language ability testing; VOCABULARY education; COMMUNICATION
- Publication
Dialogue (Pakistan), 2017, Vol 12, Issue 4, p415
- ISSN
1819-6462
- Publication type
Article