This research examined the effects of first year higher secondary students of Cuddalore town on Attitude towards English Language. The sample of the study consists of 236 male and 264 female students of fourteen higher secondary schools. Stratified Random Sampling technique is adopted to select the sample. The researcher used the Likert’s (1932) procedure for the construction of the Attitude Scale. The Normative Survey Method is adopted to study the Attitude towards English Language of Higher Secondary Students of first year and a Personal Data Sheet. Results showed that the Attitude towards English Language score of the higher secondary first year students is high and there is no significant mean difference between the sub-samples namely Gender, Residence, Medium of Instruction, Personal Tuition, Personal Help for Reading, Parental Education, Parental Occupation, Family Monthly Income, Number of Siblings, Order of Birth, Group chosen in the Higher Secondary Course and Nature of Institution.
