ATTITUDE OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TOWARDS TEACHING AND LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The study was conducted to analyze the attitudes of teachers and students towards teaching and learning foreign languages. It was aimed to see how attitude affected the different aspects of development of a student’s ability to learn a foreign language and how teaching is affected by teacher’s attitude towards teaching foreign languages. The sample comprised 150 students and 10 teachers. The study suggests that the teachers who show positive attitude are motivated and more confident in delivering instructions in the classroom settings and use various instructional methods to deliver instructions. On the hand the students who exhibit positive attitude towards learning a foreign language show keen interest in learning a foreign language and are aware of the benefits and importance of learning a foreign language.