The Relationship between Sudanese Universities Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English as a Foreign Language and their Achievement in Reading Comprehension.

Abstract

This study aims to identify the Sudanese universities students’ views towards learning English as a foreign language, the impact of gender on their views towards learning English and their achievement in reading comprehension. The study sample consisted of (120) students (male =45) (female=75) who were selected randomly from a comprehension course in English as a foreign language. They are from Bakht-er-Ruda university batch (15), semester five, English major. The Study showed number of results. The most important of them are that there are positive views for Sudanese universities students towards learning English as a foreign language, there is a significant difference at (α ≤ 0.05 ) in Sudanese universities students’ views towards learning English as a foreign language due to gender in favour of female, and there is a significant relationship between Sudanese universities students’ achievement in reading comprehension and their views towards learning English as a foreign language. According to the study findings ,the researcher recommends the following: Exciting curriculum should be built and structured to teach English language for university students in order to obtain positive attitudes towards English language, effective teaching methods and styles should be used in teaching English as a foreign language, experimental studies should be used to identify the amount of development in teaching depending on the level of attitudes towards English language and studies about the factors which develop learning English as a foreign language should be created (interested curriculum, learners’ back ground, lecture environment )