Nakhon Kitjaroonchai. Primary and Lower Secondary School Teachers Attitudes toward English Language Learning: A Case Study of Teachers in Muak Lek and Wang Muang Districts, Saraburi Province. (). สำนักวิทยบริการและสารสนเทศ มหาวิทยาลัยนานาชาติเอเชีย-แปซิฟิก. : , .
Primary and Lower Secondary School Teachers Attitudes toward English Language Learning: A Case Study of Teachers in Muak Lek and Wang Muang Districts, Saraburi Province
Abstract
This study surveyed the attitudes of primary and lower secondary school teachers in Muak Lek and Wang
Muang districts of Basic Education Service Area Office 2, Saraburi province, toward the English language,
and examined the significant difference between male and female teachers attitudes toward English and
the significant difference between those with 1-4 years and those with more than 20 years of teaching
experience. A modified 20-item attitude survey adapted from Gardners (1985) Attitude/Motivation Test
Battery (AMTB) was administered to 203 primary and lower secondary school teachers in Muak Lek and Wang
Muang districts, Saraburi province. The data was analysed using MINITAB version 16, and the significance of
differences between means was analysed using Two-Sample T-test. The findings of the study revealed that
the attitude of the primary and lower secondary school teachers toward the English language was slightly
positive. The study also showed that there was no significant difference between male and female teachers
attitudes, and no significant difference in the teachers attitudes between those with 1-4 years of teaching
experience and those with more than 20 years of teaching experience.