Effective learning a second language is influenced by many factors. Among of those, attitude has been identified as an important one. Better understanding of students' attitude will help language teaching programmers, school managers and educators to develop strategies to improved student’s learning outcomes. | VNU Journal of Science: Education Research, Vol. 33, No. 4 (2017) 1-7 Undergraduate Students’ Attitude Towards Learning English: A case Study at Nong Lam University Vo Van Viet* Nong Lam University, Vietnam Received 30 November 2017 Revised 15 December 2016; Accepted 25 December 2017 Abstract: Effective learning a second language is influenced by many factors. Among of those, attitude has been identified as an important one. Better understanding of students' attitude will help language teaching programmers, school managers and educators to develop strategies to improved student’s learning outcomes. The drive of this study is to explore students’ attitude toward learning English. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a total of 694 students at Nong Lam University. The results of the study showed that the students have positive attitude toward learning English as a foreign language. Keywords: Attitude, student, English. 1. Introduction * Belief is an important factor determining achievement in language learning. If learners believe that they cannot do well, then that belief would be a major obstacle to successful learning a language (Lennartsson, 2008). Negative attitudes can hinder learning. However, a negative attitude can be changed and turned into a positive attitude, a positive outcome. Attitude is considered an important factor affecting language learning. Positive attitude towards learning languages is a good starting point to learn a language. Language attitudes, according to (Crystal, 1997), are the feelings people have about their own language or language of others. In Vietnam, although English has become a compulsory subject for higher education academic programs throughout the country, but it can be said that the effectiveness of teaching and learning has not met any expectations. Researchers and educational administrators are very much concerned about how to improve the quality of teaching and learning. In the context English has .
