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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Main Authors:	Azizeh Chalak, Zohreh Kassaian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/1/page1_21.pdf

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spelling	ukm-23282016-12-14T06:31:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English Azizeh Chalak, Zohreh Kassaian, 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. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/1/page1_21.pdf Azizeh Chalak, and Zohreh Kassaian, (2010) Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 10 (2). pp. 37-56. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%2010%282%29%202010/pp%2037_56.pdf
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description	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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author_facet	Azizeh Chalak, Zohreh Kassaian,
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title	Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
title_short	Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
title_full	Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
title_fullStr	Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
title_full_unstemmed	Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English
title_sort	motivation and attitudes of iranian undergraduate efl students towards learning english
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/1/page1_21.pdf
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Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English

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