Students ’ Attitudes towards English : The Case of Life Science School of Khulna University

Attitude to language is a construct that explains linguistic behaviour in particular. It may be positive or negative as well as instrumental or integrative. It varies from favourably to unfavourably or vice-versa in language learning and acquisition, choice and use of language in different domains and hence, it is important in the question of survival and development of a particular language and in the chances of success in language policy implementation. Thus, this study aimed at investigating attitude of the undergraduate students of Life Science School of Khulna University towards English language. The study was worthy of doing because the target population study English language course as part of foreign language policy of Bangladesh as well as the medium of instruction policy of the university. The data of this study were collected through a questionnaire survey administered upon a total of seventy nine randomly selected samples. Upon the completion of the collection of data, these were analyzed, computed and tabulated using SPSS. The findings suggest that the respondents were found to be positive towards English language and this could be attributed to the fact that respondents were instrumentally motivated towards English. International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2012), 200-209 201