| dc.description.abstract | Attitude is a kind of individual’s mindset, feelings, and disposition towards the process of acquiring and using the English language. There are many attitudes in language learning those are attitudes toward native Speakers of English, attitudes toward learning English, desire to learn English, English class Anxiety, English use anxiety, interest in foreign languages, instrumental orientation, integrative orientation, and motivational intensity. The attitudes used in this study are attitude toward native speakers of English and attitude toward learning English which own strong connection with speaking strategies. Speaking strategies refer to strategies that the learner used in learning English. The strategies are divided into six, including Interactional Maintenance strategies, Metacognitive-Evaluative strategies, Compensation strategies, Fluency-Oriented strategies, Culture-Related Social strategies, and Time-Gaining strategies.
A correlational research design aims to determine whether attitudes toward native speakers of English and attitude toward learning English correlate to the speaking strategies. There are forty nine samples used from English department students in one of private university in Malang. An adapted questionnaire (AMTB) has been modified and categorized into 18 items consist of attitude toward native speakers of English and attitude toward learning English. Speaking strategies also used a questionnaire with 55 total items that have been divided into 6 kinds of strategies.
In this study, attitudes and speaking strategies have positive correlation with the significant value (0.011) also the R values 0.421, R square is 0.177 and the F values is 4.949. That statement showed that attitude and speaking strategies are correlated. The attitudes which contribute more to the speaking strategies is attitude toward native speakers of English (0.067).
Keyword: attitudes, speaking strategies, Interplay, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) | en_US |
