en Rethinking Attitude towards English as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: A Case Study تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present work is a contribution to the debate around attitude towards English as a foreign language in Cameroon. By case-studying an under-searched area through a multi-component tool: the Attitude and Motivation Test Battery, it proposes a different reflection to the question. The test was administered to 211 Grade 11, 12, and 13 Francophone students from various urban and semi-urban schools in the city and its suburbs. It was based on the postulates that attitude is a dynamic characteristic that varies according to place and time on the one hand, and that it is far too complex to be examined from the prism of a single variable. The results revealed that of the six parameters that made up the three components of the tool, three were negative and three were positive, with the integrative orientation slightly outpacing the instrumental one. This underscores the need to envisage attitude as a multi-component variable, as well as the need to reckon with evolving social variables. In general, the results reveal that attitude towards EFL is not as desperate as usually thought. It can be intimated that recent socio-political initiatives aiming at reinforcing French-English bilingualism are gradually bearing fruits. Thus, socio-political ideologies appear to have significant effects on overall attitude towards EFL.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present work is a contribution to the debate around attitude towards English as a foreign language in Cameroon. By case-studying an under-searched area through a multi-component tool: the Attitude and Motivation Test Battery, it proposes a different reflection to the question. The test was administered to 211 Grade 11, 12, and 13 Francophone students from various urban and semi-urban schools in the city and its suburbs. It was based on the postulates that attitude is a dynamic characteristic that varies according to place and time on the one hand, and that it is far too complex to be examined from the prism of a single variable. The results revealed that of the six parameters that made up the three components of the tool, three were negative and three were positive, with the integrative orientation slightly outpacing the instrumental one. This underscores the need to envisage attitude as a multi-component variable, as well as the need to reckon with evolving social variables. In general, the results reveal that attitude towards EFL is not as desperate as usually thought. It can be intimated that recent socio-political initiatives aiming at reinforcing French-English bilingualism are gradually bearing fruits. Thus, socio-political ideologies appear to have significant effects on overall attitude towards EFL.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <div aria-label="Page Break" class="cke_pagebreak" contenteditable="false" data-cke-display-name="pagebreak" data-cke-pagebreak="1" style="page-break-after:always" title="Page Break"></div><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span> attitude, EFL, official bilingualism, Cameroon, AMTB, index attitude, EFL, official bilingualism, Cameroon, AMTB, index 1 16 http://ijreeonline.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1122-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop awnmbakop@gmail.com 10031947532846003162 10031947532846003162 Yes University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon