Abstract
As previous studies explore the relationship between students’ attitudes and their academic performance. This study also sets to investigate the attitudes of Hausa students at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria towards learning the course. The population of the study consists of 168 students of the Department of Nigerian Language UDUSOK, Nigeria, out of which one hundred and forty-seven students are selected as a sample of the survey. The instrument was validated by experts and a reliability index of 0.74 was drawn using Pearson correlation moment. Descriptive statistics is employed for analyzing the collected data, in which the researchers used frequency count, simple percentages, and tables. Major findings of the research are discussed thereafter. In accordance with the findings, the researchers offered some recommendations thus, lecturers, school management, and other concerned groups or individuals at the tertiary level should attach importance to addressing negative attitudes of students towards learning courses they are admitted to study, and that, the pride, which the students attached to the course, should be preserved through lecturers’ motivation (i.e. motivating the students). Great importance should be attached to the students’ pride for its impact on their learning achievements.
Author: Nuhu, A. & Sani, A-U.
