Developing Positive Attitudes in Learning English

Abstract

For most students, English is considered as a difficult subject. They think that they cannot master English because English is a difficult subject. This belief influences the way students study English. Because of this belief, they are reluctant to study English. When one day they get a score of fifty in their English examination, they think that this score is good enough. They do not have the spirit to get higher scores and to master English. This paper tries to explore ways of developing positive attitudes in learning English because it is believed that the difficulty in learning English is not caused by the language itself but by the negative attitudes in learning English. By developing positive attitudes in learning English, it is expected that students will be interested in learning English and finally they will be able to master English.