STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH WITH REFERENCE TO GENDER, RESIDENCE, AND STREAMS OF STUDY

The current study examined the attitude of the senior secondary students of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, India towards English.It explored a differential analysis to find significant differences in the attitude and achievement levels of these students in relation to variables including gender, residence, and stream of study. 350 senior secondary students were added to the sample for examination. The data collected were analysed and interpreted with the use of mean, standard deviation, and t-test and there were two tools applied in the present study such as, (i) The Attitude Towards English Language Scale (ATELS) developed by Clara Dominique (2016),and (ii) Personal data sheet.The findings of the study indicated a high attitude level towards English among the senior secondary students in the district. Above and beyond,the result revealed no significant difference in the attitude of senior secondary students with respect to gender, residence, and streams of study variables. Besides, no significant difference was observed in the achievement level of these students in relation to the residence variable as against the variables such as gender and streams of study that displayed a significant difference for the same.