ESP School Students’ Attitudes and Self-Perception on Speaking and Writing

Authors:

Pages: 417-428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/YJLZ4850

Abstract:

The study explores the self-perception and attitudes of students in the Vocational High School for Mechanics and Electrotechnics in Lovech towards learning a second language (English) and seeks to describe the main drivers of students’ desire to learn and achieve in the subject. It is split in two parts: the first one tracks the onset of students’ first exposure to English, how and where they learn the language and what their perceived language expertise is at present, while the second part measures the students’ actual skills and compares them to their self-perceptions and desire to learn. Then, the study explores the relationship between their self-efficacy and learning strategies and their academic achievements. It focuses on the two productive skills (speaking vs writing) as they are more difficult to acquire to an advanced level and the correct use of each of them is governed by completely different rules.

Keywords:

second language acquisition, speaking skills, writing skills, self-efficacy and motivation in the context of EFL

Download

NA