STUDENT’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN PUNJAB PROVINCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The educational literature provides information about students' attitudes and interests as an important component in learning second language competencies. The primary goals of the study were to explore the students’ attitudes towards learning English as a subject at secondary school level and to find out the difference between male and female students’ attitude towards learning English at secondary school level.  The current study was descriptive in nature and the survey technique was applied well in the research to achieve the research objectives of the study. The population of the study comprised of all the secondary school students in Punjab province as a large group. A random sample strategy was used to choose students from related schools in concerned districts i.e. Multan and Vehari. In the study, data was collected from 310 secondary school students from the districts of Multan and Vehari as a sample. According to the findings of this study, female secondary school students having significantly higher attitude towards learning English than male secondary school students. Teachers should also motivate and encourage students to explore and enhance their talents in learning and speaking English during classroom activities such as oral communications. Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and creating are all important aspects of learning the English language