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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| 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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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org: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 |
| spellingShingle | Azizeh Chalak, Zohreh Kassaian, Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students towards learning English |
| title | 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_short | Motivation and attitudes of Iranian undergraduate EFL students
towards learning English |
| title_sort | motivation and attitudes of iranian undergraduate efl students
towards learning english |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2328/1/page1_21.pdf |