Senior High School Students’ Attitudes and Grit in EFL Learning: Insights from Indonesia
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This study examined the possible relationships between Indonesian Senior High School (SHS) students’ attitudes and grit levels in EFL learning. The authors believed that EFL learners displaying positive attitudes and high grit would be successful in EFL learning. A quantitative method using questionnaires was administered in this correlational study. Thirty-one senior high school students in Central Java, Indonesia, participated in the study after giving their consent. The authors employed the adapted L2 attitude questionnaire of Abidin et al. (2012) and Somblingo and Alieto (2019) and the L2 grit questionnaire of Teimouri et al. (2022) to gain data on EFL attitudes and EFL grit and how EFL attitude affected EFL grit. The students self-assessed their EFL attitude and grit with the questionnaires. The results revealed students’ moderately positive EFL attitudes, particularly a positive cognitive EFL attitude. Moreover, a positive significant correlation between EFL attitude and EFL grit suggested that the research participants could explain variance in their EFL grit. The results will enlighten EFL teachers on the importance of cultivating EFL grit supported by the positive EFL attitude in the EFL teaching and learning context. EFL students should aspire high and cultivate English language grit to become successful English learners.
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