Students' Attitude Toward their Teachers and their Teacher-Made English Language Test Results: an Exploratory Study of the Impact of Gender
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2000-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between attitude and
performance and to examine gender differences in the English language performance as
a function of attitude, teacher characteristics, parental occupation and parental
educational level. Two questionnaires on attitude and interview were administered to a
random sample of 71 students of grade 10. T-test and multiple regression analyses were
employed. The hypothesis that male and female students differ in attitude and
performance was confirmed. Besides, attitude was found to have strong association
with performance,
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Teacher-Made English Language