Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
This paper investigated the various socio-psychological orientations of Iranian undergraduates towards learning English. It focused on the motivation orientations of the students and their attitudes towards the target language and its community. A group of 108 students majoring in English transla...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit UKM
2010
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/1/page1_21.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper investigated the various socio-psychological orientations of Iranian
undergraduates towards learning English. It focused on the motivation orientations of the
students and their attitudes towards the target language and its community. A group of
108 students majoring in English translation at Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan
Branch in Isfahan, Iran was surveyed using the AMTB (Attitude, Motivation Test
Battery). The domains used for the purposes of the study were: a) interest in English, b)
parental encouragement, c) motivational intensity, d) attitudes towards learning English,
e) attitudes towards English-speaking people, f) integrative orientation, g) desire to learn
English, and h) instrumental orientation. The results revealed that these Iranian Nonnative
speakers of English learn the language for both ‘instrumental’ and 'integrative'
reasons and their attitudes towards the target language community and its members were
generally found to be highly positive. The paper also reported some micro and macro
implications of the study. |
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