Attitudes towards Learning English as a Foreign Language: Comparing Iranian and Iraqi EFL Learners

This study tries to assess the comparison attitudes toward language learning among iranian and iraqi efl learners. this study involved 60 efl students from iran and iraq who were chosen at random from two distinct universities: public university in diyala, iraq, and islamic azad university in shiraz, iran. a 5-point likert scale of 30 items of the attitudes toward english language learning questionnaire was used for data collection. the data analysis encompasses means, standard deviations, and an independent t-test. the results indicated that although efl students in iran had higher positive attitudes toward language learning, those in iraq had less positive attitudes toward language learning. regarding the three aspects of attitude, there was a statistically significant difference between iranian and iraqi efl learners' attitudes toward language learning. in fact, the level of cognitive and behavioral difference among iranian efl learners was more than among iraqi efl learners, but the level of emotional difference among iraqi efl learners was more than among iranian efl learners. these findings have led to several recommendations regarding teaching strategies, curricula, instructional resources, and the state of english in iran and iraq from this perspective.