Investigating Foreign Language Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning: a study on Private University Students

Abstract

The present study aims at identifying the beliefs of undergraduate students of a foreign language who are learning English in a private university in Egypt.It also investigates the relationship between the participant's educational level and their beliefs.The participants are sixty students who are enrolled to study translation from English to Arabic and vice versa.They all have to answer the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory, BALLI.The participants represent both gender, males and females.The researcher uses the analytical descriptive method while applying the questionnaire as a method of data collection.The current study identifies the beliefs of the learners who are studying translation from English to Arabic and vice versa.The findings assure that the learners' beliefs of the three levels, beginners, intermediate and advanced differ from one level to the other.They also show that the beliefs of the learners can affect their learning process and this should be put into consideration.