English Language Motivation between Gender and Cultures

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Rashid Al Harthy
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Integrative Motivation ◽  
Learning English

Abstract This study investigates the effects of the socio-cultural factors on the motivation of female and male students in 14 Arab and non-Arab countries through 14 studies. The findings indicate that both genders in the two groups share some interests of motivation for learning English, but they differ in some cultural factors that influence or hinder their learning. The findings of this research found that female students′ integrative motivation and attitudes towards English are higher than male students. The present study suggests a serious need for conducting qualitative or mixed method studies to investigate this phenomenon and to propose practical alternatives to increase male students' language motivation to learn English especially the integrative type. Pedagogical implications for teachers and suggestions for further research are included.

scholarly journals Motivations towards Learning English: The Case of Jordanian Gifted Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadi Maher Al-Khasawneh ◽  
Mohammad Ahmad Al-Omari
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Motivational Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Learning English

<p>The present study aimed at investigating the motivational orientations of Jordanian gifted<br />school students in Ajloun governorate. For this purpose, 51 students from King Abdullah II in<br />Ajloun governorate participated in this study. Data was collected through a questionnaire<br />contained 20 items asking about the motivational level and orientation of learners. The<br />questionnaire was adapted from Gardner’s (1985) AMTB (Attitude, Motivation Test Battery)<br />questionnaire. The researchers used descriptive statistics for identifying the students’ level of<br />motivation towards learning English. Independent samples T-test was used to investigate the<br />differences in the level of motivation according to gender. The findings revealed that the<br />students were highly motivated towards learning English language with higher scores<br />reported for the sake of instrumental motivation. Female students reported higher level of<br />motivation than male students with no statistically significant differences recorded<br />concerning this. Based on the results, some of the implications were presented and discussed.</p>

Analysis of EFL Learners’ Integrative and Instrumental Motivation Factor at English Language Education Undiksha

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Made Surya Mahendra ◽  
Ni Luh Putu Eka Sulistia Dewi ◽  
Ida Ayu Made Istri Utami
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Education Students ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Integrative Motivation ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Learning English

This study aimed (1) to analyze motivation’s factor that affects English Language Education Students in achieving learning English both in instrumental and integrative motivation; (2) to analyze the major factor of motivation that affect students; and (3) to analyze how the major factor of motivation influence the students in achieving their goal in learning English. The survey was employed as a method of data collection through questionnaires and interviews. Both instruments consisted of instrumental and integrative motivation, which each dimension involves three factors of motivation. The results showed that English Language Education students were affected by six motivation factors. Those are academic, social, economic, attitude toward learning the target language, attitude toward the target language community, and desire to learn the target language. Among those motivation factors, the academic and attitude toward learning the target language were the major factor that affects students in achieving their goal in language learning.

scholarly journals Attitude of Male and Female Students Towards Computer Assisted Language Learning at Intermediate Level

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arfan Lodhi ◽  
Ayesha Fatima ◽  
Farzana Ismail ◽  
Nadia Amin ◽  
Faiza Khalid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning

Today&rsquo;s world is the era of technology and it is playing a dominant role in the field of education. The current research work is quantitative in nature. It aims to investigate students&rsquo; attitudes, their interests and difficulties regarding the concept of computer assisted language learning at intermediate level. A self reported questionnaire (SRQ) was designed and administered to obtain the objectives of the current study. The sampling statistic comprised of 300 students with equal gender from public and private colleges. The collected data was statistically analyzed by running descriptive statistic technique. The findings revealed that male students had more positive attitude towards CALL as compared to their female counterparts. However, it was also revealed that male students found CALL interesting for the development of language proficiency while female students faced more difficulties in using computer technology for English Language learning. The results provide ideas, paths and suggestions to the future researchers to undergo further investigations in developing computer mediating language learning programs for the benefits of learners and learning.

scholarly journals Teacher’s Reinforcements Affecting Students’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC): A Photovoice in EFL Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Bimo Teguh Prasetyanto ◽  
Diyah Ayu Wibawani ◽  
Erika Novia Wardani ◽  
Nur Arifah Drajati
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
English Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Self Confidence

In teaching English, a teacher should stimulate students’ activeness to engage in a class. One way to do it is by giving reinforcement. A good reinforcement has a significant role in the students’ speaking activeness. It can be a source of students’ motivation to learn and in this case, their activeness to speak in class. This research aims to discover what reinforcement that triggers students’ willingness to communicate. The result is intended to discover the effects of teacher’s reinforcement towards students’ willingness to communicate. The data for this research is collected by the photovoice method in which more practical is needed by collaborating with SHOWeD in analyzing the data. The participants of this research are 28 college students, consisting 7 male students and 21 female students ranging from 19 to 21 years old in English Education Department who are currently attending college. Based on the data analysis, the finding of the research is teacher reinforcement in EFL classroom affect students’ willingness to communicate, particularly self-confidence, interpersonal motivation, and intergroup motivation. The research implied to help teachers to understand more about the way teacher’s reinforcement affect the students’ speaking activeness seen from the students’ perspective. 

scholarly journals Use of Songs Media in Listening Learning in Class III Elementary School

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Iqbal Yusca Ismail ◽  
Vismaia Damayanti
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
The Third ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Outcome Improvement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Learning English

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">This research based on low of student’s listening skill in learning English at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Al-Falaah Kopo. The learning process seems just apply teacher centered method. It makes students unmotivated in learning English especially in listening skill. Therefore, the researcher make serious efforts to use songs in teaching listening in order to make the learning process being fun and interesting. The aims in this research is to get the description of student’s learning outcome improvement in teaching listening using song as a media. The research used classroom action research with Elliot models by implementing three cycles and there are three actions in each cycles. The subject of this research were 3th grade students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Al-Falaah Kopo consist of 17 male students and 17 female students. Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that there is an improvement in the score average of the students. In the first cycle, student’s average is 60, and second cycle is 64, and in the third cycle is 75. Therefore the use of songs as a media could improve student’s learning outcomes and it can be a recommendations or suggestions for teachers to teach English or in other education research.</span></p>

scholarly journals Attitudes and Motivation of Turkish Undergraduate EFL Students towards Learning English Language

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Tokoz Goktepe
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Motivational Orientation ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Background Information ◽  
First Year ◽  
Integrative Motivation ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Learning English

<p><em>The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes and motivation of first-year Turkish undergraduates toward English language learning as a foreign language. The study was carried out with 90 students majoring in business studies at Cag University, Mersin in Turkey by administering a survey designed on a five-point Likert scale with 43 items including demographic questions about the learners’ background information such as gender, age, and how long they have been learning English. The items on the survey were chosen from Dörnyei and Csizér (2006) in a variety of Hungarian researches and from a recently designed questionnaire by Ryan (2005). The domains used for the purpose of the study were: integrativeness, attitudes to L2 community, cultural interest, attitudes to learning English, criterion measures, ideal L2 self, ought-to L2 self, family influence, instrumentality (promotion and prevention), and fear of assimilation. </em></p> <p><em>The data collected were analysed through descriptive statistics in SPSS statistical program. The results revealed that Turkish first-year university students learn English as a foreign language mostly for instrumental reasons, and it also showed that integrative motivation is dominant motivational orientation for the participants in some</em> degree.</p>

The Influence of Integrative Motivation in Learning Malay Language Vocabulary among Foreign Speakers at UNITEN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Noraziah Mohd Amin ◽  
Noor Azam Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Anova Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Integrative Motivation ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Foreign Speakers

Ellis (1994) divides motivation into four types, namely instrumental motivation, integrative motivation, resultative motivation and intrinsic motivation. This study discusses the effects of integrative motivation on foreign speakers while studying Malay Language vocabulary. The main objective of the study was to identify the influence of integrative motivation on male and female students while studying Malay Language vocabulary in Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). This study was conducted in order to seek the answer to the question of whether there was a significant difference in the influence of integrative motivation between male and female students. A questionnaire containing 10 items in the form of self-reporting statements concerning integrative motivation was used as an instrument of the study. The data from the questionnaires administered were analysed using SPSS software version 23 for descriptive data and inferences such as mean scores and percentages, and the results of the ANOVA test was analysed too. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the influence of integrative motivation between male and female students while studying  Malay Language vocabulary, where the significant value was less than 0.05 (p <0.05). The findings showed that the majority of the male students were influenced by integrative motivation while studying Malay Language vocabulary in UNITEN compared to the female students.

scholarly journals Foundation Year Students’ Perceptions of Using Social Network Sites for Learning English in the Saudi Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Rana AlShoaibi ◽  
Nadia Shukri
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

The major aim of this study is to better understand the university students’ perceptions and attitudes towards using social network sites for learning English as well as to identify if there is a difference between male and female university students in terms of using social networking sites for learning English inside and outside the classroom. The study also attempts to identify the social networking sites that are most frequently used by male and female university students in order to learn English. The participants of this study were 20 female and male foundation year students at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The tool of the study was a questionnaire. The finding of this study showed that male students had positive perceptions and attitudes toward using social network sites for learning English more than female students who had negative perceptions and attitudes. The results also showed that YouTube website was the most frequently used social network site for learning English by male students while the majority of the female students did not have any favorite social network sites because they did not use social network sites for learning English.

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