The aim of this study is to describe and examine Iranian's undergraduate students' integrative and instrumental motivation toward learning English as a foreign language. In the study, 79 non-English major students from the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) were selected to complete a questionnaire reflecting their motivation for learning English. In order to determine the students’ tendency toward...

This talk discusses integrative motivation from the perspective of the socio-educational model of second language acquisition, and will focus on six topics. The first concerns the concept of motivation which can be shown to comprise at least 10 cognitive, affective and conative components. The second topic is the socio-educational model of second language acquisition. It is presented in two for...

This study aimed (1) to analyze motivation’s factor that affects English Language Education Students in achieving learning both instrumental and integrative motivation; (2) the major of motivation affect students; (3) how influence students their goal English. The survey was employed as a method data collection through questionnaires interviews. Both instruments consisted motivation, which each...

Introduction From Guesswork to Inquiry: A Rationale “Why am I learning this language? How is my language learning affected by my attitudes and my context?” For the average second language (L2) learner, these questions are probably not often considered in such an explicit fashion. For L2 educators and L2 motivation researchers, however, these student-centered questions are urgent and ever-presen...

The present study investigates the motivational factors of students who are from Asian and Asian-American backgrounds and learn Chinese at the university level in the United States. Seventy-seven students at the beginning and intermediate levels of proficiency participated in the study. The data were collected through a survey method. Factor analysis, regression procedures, t-tests, and correla...

This paper examines the reasons for study of adult beginner distance learners of Spanish and the relationships between those reasons and motivation maintenance. A survey of 563 Open University UK students found motivational orientations distinct from those of young people in earlier studies. Adult learners who maintained their motivation also demonstrated a greater number of reasons for study. ...