Teachers' Attitude Toward a Foreign Language: Factors Affecting the Target Language Teaching Process

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the teachers' attitude toward reaching effective teaching process as well as thekey factors which influenced their attitude for selecting this profession. Itwas carried out during the fall semester 2016/ 2017. The participants were 42 males and 117 female Englishlanguage teachers, a total of 159 English teachers. They were all randomly selected and were all teaching English asa foreign language in different stages in Kuwaiti public elementary schools. The data was collected through aquestionnaire and an individual interviews. The results mainly showed the teachers’ attitude reflected on theirpassion to learn more about this language and its culture. Moreover, some teachers associate English languageteaching with the language of the British Colonialization. Others see English simply as a means of doing businessand making money.