involved sorting, categorizing and analyzing data to determine the factors that were perceived as affecting English as a second language learning for the particular group of participants involved in the study.
According to Perez (1995), findings suggested that second language (English) learners believed that there were a number of factors and difficulties that can have a negative or positive effect as to how and why people learn a second language. These factors included: age; attitude/behavior; aptitude; immersion into the target language, culture, and environment; background experiences; personality and willingness to take risks; travelling experiences; comparability between the native/first or second language and the target language; feelings and expectations; external helpers; strategies to deal with target language speakers in real life situations; interactions with target language speakers; degree of oral language proficiency; target language speakers' attitudes toward second language learners; long term goals and learners' motivatio
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