this study investigated tha attitudes of qatari female university students towards english and its speakers, and towards the role of the teacher and the role of the family, in order to determine the influence of these attitudes on the students' achievement in learning english as a foreign language(EFL).the results showed that the participants had a positive attitude towards english and its speakers. It also showed that there was on significant correlation between the attitudes of the learners and their achievement. Another conclusion drawn from the data is that students were instrumentally, not integrative, motivated: they did not want to associate themselves with the target language group and integrate themselves into the new culture; the primary motivating factors for learning English were to get a job, further their careers, read original publications, watch English series and movies, trade, and most importantly, travel abroad, which is seen as a status symbol.