2013/01/01 by Burcu Özgür, Carol Griffiths · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Mathematics · #EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning #Second Language Learning and Teaching #Second Language Acquisition and Learning #Likert scale #Test (biology) #Psychology #Grammar #Vocabulary #Reading (process) #Mathematics education #Point (geometry) #Language acquisition #Intrinsic motivation #Scale (ratio) #Linguistics #Social psychology #Developmental psychology #Mathematics
paper · doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.01.165
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This paper describes a study into the relationship between motivation and second language acquisition. The study was conducted at a private language school in Istanbul, Turkey and looked at four types of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and instrumental. In order to assess their English ability, students were given a test consisting of four main parts: reading, grammar, vocabulary and writing. They were also given a questionnaire regarding their reasons for learning English which they were asked to rate on a five point Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Results from the questionnaire were correlated with the results of the test in order to explore the possibility that test results might be related to motivational types. Results of the study will be reported in this paper along with implications for the teaching/learning situation and suggestions for ongoing research.