Investigating the Correlation between EFL Libyan Students’ Attitudes and their Speaking Performance in Benghazi University
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EFL, second language, speaking performance, attitudesAbstract
This study sheds light on the speaking attitudes and performance of Adult EFL students in the Faculty of Education in Benghazi University. The instruments used in this study to investigate the potential relation between speaking habits and practice were a 15 question Likert Questionnaire and a Speaking Rubric. The number of participants in this study were a total of 70 students; (61 females and 9 males). The primary objective of this study was to examine the relation between Libyan EFL students' attitudes and their speaking performance. A Pearson product-moment correlation was computed to assess the relationship between the rubric scores and the attitudes questionnaire results. The results provide evidence of a statistically significant, positive correlation between the two variables.
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