Language Attitudes And English Learning Behaviors Of Low English Proficient Students At Faculty Of Education, Champasak University

This study aimed to investigate low English proficient students regarding 1) their attitude toward learning English, 2) their English learning behavior, and 3) the relationships between their language attitude and their English learning behaviors. The method of this study was a mixed methods research, the data were obtained from the student's observations and questionnaires. Mean, standard deviations and correlation coefficient were employed in the data analysis. The main results were as follows. 1) Attitude toward English learning that included (a) students’ behavioral attitude toward learning English was positive (X = 2.83), (b) students’ cognitive attitude toward learning English was positive (X =3.19), and (c) students’ emotional attitude toward English learning was positive ( =3.54). 2) Students' learning behavior in English learning was sometimes practiced, these behaviors included (a) students’ learning behavior outside class (X =3.17), and (b) students' learning behavior inside the class (X =3.58), and (X =2.91). 3) The relationship between language attitude and English learning behaviors was found at low positive relationship level (r=0.248). Based on the correlation results, it can be inferred that positive attitudes of low English proficient students in this study were not the predictors of good English learning behaviors which can motivate them to succeed in English language learning.