The attitudes of grades 5-7 Xitsonga learners towards learning English as a first additional language.

M. Tech. Language PracticeThis study investigates the attitudes of Grades 5-7 Xitsonga learners towards learning English as a first additional language using the four language skills viz. listening, speaking, reading and writing. Variables such as attitude, orientation, motivation, and anxiety are imperative, influential factors to consider when studying aspects that contribute to learning a second language. Learners' attitude towards language learning is considered to be the key factor that affects the levels of learner motivation in their trajectory to learn a language and are intertwined with the aspect of motivation. This study explores the attitudes of learners from a particular primary school towards learning English as a first additional language. This study deals with a sample of a selected primary school's learners' attitudes towards learning English as a first additional language. The first language of these students is Xitsonga, one of the eleven official languages in South Africa