Attitudes of Law students at AAUJ towards learning English as a foreign language"( published in the AAUJ Journal,6,2014)

Abstract: This study seeks to identify the attitudes of law students at the Arab American University-Jenin towards learning English as a foreign language. To this end, the authors surveyed the opinions of 173 (58 female, 115 male) students using a questionnaire developed according toa 5-point Likert Scale. Cronbach Alpha formula was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.A descriptive analysis was made tomeasure the target students' attitudes (and thus the percentages, means and standard deviations of the gathered data). Gender differences were also considered via an independent T- test. The study found that law students at the Arab American University-Jenin have positive attitudes towards learning English, with no gender differences.