Students' Perceptions of Their Willingness to Attend English Programs in Mosques

Abstract

Religious values and attitudes are assumed to influence an individual's intentions and motivate him to perform the act of attending an English program in mosques. The purpose of this study is to explore students' perception of their willingness to attend English language programs conducted in mosques. The data were obtained from 160 respondents from five study programmes at UiTM Kelantan Branch. The data were analysed using SmartPLS 3 software based on a study model developed from the data. A test on the model revealed that attitudes did not influence the intention of students to attend English programs in mosques. However, religious values were reported to positively influence the respondents' intention to attend English programmes in mosques. The results of this study provide useful insights to uncover the affective components that motivate students to attend English programs in mosques. These results suggest that the importance of English from a religious point of view should be emphasised to motivate students to attend English language programmes anywhere.