Instrumental Role of Foreign Language Learning in Public and Non- Public Pre-University Education System in Albania

Abstract

This paper addresses the role of instrumentality in foreign languages learning with focus English language, taught in public and non- public pre-university education system in Albania. By conducting the Attitude Motivation Test Battery, for the scale "Instrumental Orientation" with a measuring Likert scale ranging from 1-6, overall, high schools students have stated that learning English is important for many reasons. In formal education system in Albania, students attending rural high schools are more instrumentally oriented to learn English compared to their peers attending non public high schools.