Attitudes of Students towards English as a Foreign Language: Ardahan University, The Example of Social and Technical Vocational School
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This paper is aimed to obtain the data whether the variations such as gender, age, type of graduation, types of transition to higher education, education programs, and educational backgrounds of their parents have an effect on students’ learning process positively or negatively. The research focuses on English as there are no German courses at the relevant university. A questionnaire and open ended question were used for students attitudes towards learning English. The study consists of 264 students in total who study in Social and Technical Sciences Vocational High School in Ardahan University/Turkey, held on the 2017-18 Academic Year. The results indicated that students give importance to learning English; however, it is understood that there are some reasons why they are not satisfied with learning or eager to learn English. The underlying reasons contribute English lecturers on how to behave towards learners and what kind of methods they should use.