3.2. English in students' plans
The results summarised in Figure 7 below concerning the presence
of English in students future plans show 41% of the students intend to study in
an English speaking
country and that those who value its importance in consulting
information on the internet represent 59%.
Figure 7: English in science students' plans
I want to learn English to have access to more
sites on the internet for my studies
I want to improve my English because I want to study in an
English speaking country
41%
59%
3.3. Students' experience with English: Past
experience, motivators, and obstacles
3.3.1. Students' past experience with learning
English
Figure 8: Studying English out of public
institutions
0 20 40 60 80
No
Yes
26
74
Number of Students and percentage
As a response to a question proposed in the questionnaire
concerning whether students have studied English out of public institutions or
not, Figure 8 below indicates that only 26% of them responded by
«Yes» compared to the 74% who responded by «No».
When asked to provide the reasons for not studying English out
of public institutions, students stated four reasons. In fact, Figure 9 below
indicates that being «not motivated» was mentioned 32 times (out of
102) followed by «time restrictions», which was mentioned 27 times.
Lack of «money» was mentioned 22 times and those who believed that
there were «no need to» study it stated this fact 21 times.
Figure 9: Reasons for not studying English out of public
institutions
40
20
30
10
0
Money Time No need to Not
motivated
22 27 21
32
3.3.2. Motivation behind studying English
In order to know the motivators behind studying English for
the investigated students, a question that suggested four alternatives was put
forth for the participants. The results reflected that half of the students
consider success in professional life as the major reason for such a decision
(50%). The rest of the students indicated that it is important «to find
out about any topic of the world» (22%), «to discover other cultures
of the world» (21%), and «to succeed in education» (7%).
Figure 10: Students' motivators behind studying
English
21% 50%
22%
7%
To succeed in professional life
To discover other cultures of the world
To find out about any topic of the world
To succeed in education
3.3.3. Obstacles to learning English
The availability of French is, according to 40% of the
students the most inhibiting obstacle towards learning English. «Time
constraints» and «revising courses that are more important» was
mentioned by 33% of the students investigated. «Absence of extra
curricular activities» and «the program of teaching English is not
interesting» were mentioned by 8% and 7% of the students respectively in
comparison to 12% who stated that the obstacle preventing them from learning
English is that «the scheduled time of English is not
encouraging.»
Figure 11: Obstacles preventing students from learning
English
33%
12%
7%
8%
40%
Absence of extra curricular activities Availability of French
There is pressure to use the time for more important courses
The scheduled time of English is not encouraging
The program is not interesting
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