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2024 - Volume 8 - Number 1

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Attitudes in English Language Learning

Fátima de la Luz Hernández Salinas * ORCID: 0000-0003-4793-0929
University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO

Open Journal for Educational Research, 2024, 8(1), 17-26 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0801.02017h
Received: 31 May 2024 ▪ Revised: 14 August 2024 ▪ Accepted: 22 October 2024

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The process of any language learning is a complex construction of objectives. Any goal is influenced by internal or external factors such as motivation, culture, previous experiences, attitudes, etc. This study aims to recognize and understand the distinct learners’ attitudes during their learning progress. This research is conducted as a case study. The inquiry tool for its mediation is an interview. The interview was directed in a face-to-face modality to collect and discuss the obtained results. In this study, positive and negative language attitudes of five English learners from a Language Department. Furthermore, the findings show that the learners share similar perceptions, attitudes, and experiences in their learning processes. The relevance of the findings contribute to the pedagogical implication in an EFL classroom happens.

KEY WORDS: language learning attitudes, cognitive attitudes, affective attitudes, behavioral attitudes.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Fátima de la Luz Hernández Salinas, University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO.

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