This article presents the relationship between students' belief in their ability to learn English successfully, and the values that English will bring them influence on two factors: (1) language learning outcomes. English and (2) participation in English courses is based on data collected from 1,207 students. The article analyzes the differences between male and female students on these measures. Belief in the ability to learn English successfully is closely related to English learning outcomes, while belief in the useful value of English is closely related to deciding to take English courses.