Teacher–student rapport and the attitudes towards the English language in university students

Abstract:

The research work entitled “TEACHER-STUDENT RAPPORT AND THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS” had as a main objective to assess to what extent teacher – student rapport influences the students’ attitudes towards the English language. This research basically followed a qualitative approach since the reasons underlying the students’ attitudes towards the English language were described. Since the researcher did not manipulate any of the variables, it was a non-experimental type of research. This was a correlational type of research since the correlation between the two variables was determined. This study had primary and secondary information sources. The instrument used to collect the data of primary source was a survey that was applied to the sample of 203 fourth level students. They belong to Universidad Técnica de Ambato and Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo during the academic term of October 2018 – February 2019. For the survey the researcher made up ten questions which were open and closed combined. Concerning the secondary source, previous related studies were analyzed and considered. The statistics Chi-square test was used to analyze the relation between variables and then accept or reject the null hypothesis. The results obtained demonstrated that the students’ attitudes towards the English language are directly associated to teacher – student rapport, and that the correlation between variables is very close. Unfortunately, teachers are more focused on completing the program contents of the course than on students’ emotions or well-being; for …

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2019

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