Hi Soumia,

Following are some links / articles for your reference.  You can choose / adapt those relevant according to your research context.  Wishing you all the best.

http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language_Policy_Guide/Template_2_Language_Attitudes_Survey.pdf

http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/report_research_outputs/2014-2nd-national-indigenous-languages-survey-attitude-questionnaire.pdf

http://www-01.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/prepareforlanguagelearning/attitude.pdf

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phon.ucl.ac.uk%2Fhome%2Fdick%2Fec%2Fba-kal%2FBloor%2520general.doc&ei=PvBfVZD2BMywuASShYLoBw&usg=AFQjCNF7RmWd8conKmC3hU4R2FIAIjtC7w

http://www.my3q.com/research/fai312/70085.phtml

http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/36/paper1424.pdf

https://languagelyceum.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/language-attitudes-and-speaker-impressions-survey-please-share/

https://www.academia.edu/183864/A_Survey_on_Language_Use_Attitudes_and_Identity_in_Relation_to_Philippine_English_among_Young_Generation_Filipinos_An_Initial_Sample_from_a_Private_University

http://www.irjabs.com/files_site/paperlist/r_1375_130914103018.pdf

Attitudes to Language Learning

Type: Research paper

Jonathan S. Swift, A. Jonathan, W. Smith

Journal of European Industrial Training, Volume: 16 Issue: 7, 1992

The Effect of EFL Teachers' Attitude toward English Language and English Language Proficiency on Their Sense of Efficacy

Sabokrouh, Farzaneh. English Language Teaching7.1 (Jan 2014): 66-74.

THE ROLES OF ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AMONG ADOLESCENT NATIVE CHINESE SPEAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES

Wong, Mary Jung. University of San Francisco, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1982. 8309624.

Student attitude vis a vis Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES): A longitudinal study

Haitema, Thomas Bryant. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2002. 3086662.

INTEGRATIVE ATTITUDE AND DIFFICULTIES SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS ENCOUNTER IN COMPREHENDING INFORMAL SPEECH: A STUDY OF KOREAN GRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Gras, Steven Michael. The University of Texas at Austin, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1983. 8319593.

The impact of world Englishes on language assessment: Rater attitude, rating behavior, and challenges

Hsu, Huei-Lien. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2012. 3571158.

The effect of attitude toward reading and exposure to reading on language competence in the first and second language: Test of the input hypothesis and the interdependence hypothesis using a causal modeling approach

Kim, HaeyoungView Profile. University of Southern California, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2000. 3041483.

Regards,

Fung

Dear Fung, 

Those links are really helpful. Thank you indeed for your efforts. 

I Think I will use Likert scale. Not sure yet if I can use only 2 points ( agree, disagree). I tired before 5 points and I discovered that students( I tired it with Kuwait Uni students)  don't really see the difference between (SA) and (A) or (SD) and (D). As  for  the (N)  , the majority of the students ticked it! Now, I'm working on "A comparative study of Students’ language use and attitudes in two settings:   MSA and English  in U.A.E. University and MSA and French  in Tlemcen University ( Algeria)". 

Regards,

Soumia 

Hi Soumia,

From the above list, most of them are in Likert scale.  Suggesting the following:

1) Perform a thorough literature review & decide on which instrument / survey questionnaire for language attitude that you are going to adopt - this include your research problem, research objective & research context.

2) If the precedent / well known survey questionnaire you are adopting is based on even or 4-point LIkert scale then you don't face the respondents sitting on the fence issue i.e. keep choosing N for Neutral or Unsure etc.  Try to avoid dichotomous questionnaire that serve either Yes / No as it inherits low explanatory power to represent respondents' opinion / experience.

3) If the well known survey questionnaire you'd adopted have odd or 5-point Likert scale which includes N for Neutral or Unsure etc. and most of the respondents choosing N, then you need to find out why through a pilot test & sitting down with the pilot test respondents e.g. respondents don't understand the questions, question's language translation problem from original to local language, questionnaire too long & too tedious to fill up, or sometimes the questionnaire you'd adopted might not be reliable to be deployed on the respondents you are surveying etc.

4) If you'd fixed the above problem, you can redo the pilot test to check for its Cronbach Alpha Reliability which should be > 0.7.  Some scholars / researchers also did change / adapt the survey questionnaire from odd 5-point to even 4-point Likert scale so that respondent can't choose N.  Whether you adopt or adapt the survey questionnaire pls get approval from the original owner of the questionnaire.  Wishing you all the best.

Regards,

Fung

Dear Fung, 

Thank you for the tips :) .This is really helpful. I will resume reading and checking other questionnaires. Definitely, I will take permission  whether adopting or adapting a questionnaire. Thank you for reminding me .

Regards,

Soumia 

Dear Fung,

I have a question, please. 

Is it scientifically OK to design a questionnaire on survey monkey to collect and analyze data?  and If  it is OK, how can I compare results? For instance, I have to compare between males and females in their attitudes towards English ? Do I depend on percentages to say for example that 60% of the males preferred to study in English whereas, only 40% of the females preferred  that. 

Males have more positive attitudes towards English as a medium of instruction  as compared to females. 

Thank you 

Regards, 

Soumia 

Hi Soumia,

Think there are many online survey tools on Internet like Google Forms, LimeSurvey etc beside SurveyMonkey.  Most of them free only for certain no. of survey questions that you can create or limit to certain no. of respondents that they can respond.  Exceeding the threshold you have to pay.  I find Google Forms (https://www.google.com/forms/about/) is 1 of the good online survey tools in which not only it is free & user friendly, it can easily allow you to create more than 100 survey questions at 1 go and inviting many respondents to respond.  So far I haven't encountered any limit of respondents that can respond my survey questionnaire.

I don't know your survey questionnaire pertaining to English language attitudes contains what types of questions, but since it is to compare female & male's attitudes toward English - may be you can perform a T-Test (if your data is interval / ratio scale) or Mann-Whitney U Test (if your data is ordinal scale) from Stats software like SPSS.  Reason being both T-Test and Mann-Whitney U Test are for measuring difference between 2 groups.  Example of alternative hypothesis can be: There is a difference between female and male in terms of attitudes toward English.  After running the SPSS test e.g. p < 0.05 means there is a difference between female & male in terms of attitudes toward English.  You can find out more how to conduct above tests from YouTube search or SPSS Stats text book.  Wishing you all the best.

Regards,

Fung

Thank you indeed. Yea I used SPSS once. it was not an easy experience to me as I'm just starting with the research field.

So, you are saying that after I receive the responses I should upload  that  data again by using SPSS then perform the needed  tests ? 

Another question, please.  Do these kind of online surveys allow me to find  differences or relationships between variables?

thank you for your time and efforts , I deeply appreciate that.  

Kind regards,

Soumia 

Hi Soumia,

For example in Google Forms, once you'd developed your online survey questionnaire, then you can email the Google Forms link to all your potential respondents.  When they received your email with the link, they can click on the link to fill up your survey.  Once they'd completed by clicking "submit" button, those answers will be recorded in an Excel type of repository in Google website.  Each row represents 1 respondent's answers, each column represents each question in your survey.  Then you can download those rows into Excel or as SPSS data file after some adjustment / removing the the first row's field names.  After this you can open it with SPSS software & do the needed tests.

Those online survey tools primarily only allow you to collect data from respondents. Some of them might give you basic info e.g. sum, average, breakdowns, bar charts / graphs, pie-chart only.  For more advance statistics you need to use SPSS or other stats tools.  Wishing you all the best.

Regards,

Fung

Dear Fung,

that is really kind from your part. 

Thank you. 

Best regards,

soumia

Hi, Sumia,

In addition to very good advice you have already received on this site, you could think about adopting "Not at all true of me", "Slightly true of me", etc. phrasing for the answers on the Likert-type scales.

This kind of statements could help your respondents to personally relate to the questions and give more thoughtful answers.  

I recommend that you keep the neutral middle point.