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Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency

The present study aimed at investigating the motivational factors affecting Iranian learners’ learning of English as a Foreign Language across differing levels of language proficiency. To this end, 110 males and 70 females with an age range of 18–31 took part in the study and a mixed-methods approac...

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Autores principales: Bagheri Nevisi, Reza, Farhani, Ala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35496142
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.869599
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description The present study aimed at investigating the motivational factors affecting Iranian learners’ learning of English as a Foreign Language across differing levels of language proficiency. To this end, 110 males and 70 females with an age range of 18–31 took part in the study and a mixed-methods approach was adopted. First, the researchers administered Oxford Placement Test (OPT) to determine the proficiency level of the participants and placed them into three levels of language proficiency. Elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Next, as for the quantitative part of the study, the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMBT) questionnaire was distributed among all the participants to delve into the motivational factors. Finally, a semi-structured interview was conducted to qualitatively probe into EFL learners’ motivational factors affecting their learning of English. It was found that the motivational factors which encouraged EFL learners resulted from either intrinsic or extrinsic tendencies. The recognized intrinsically-based motivational factors were personal enjoyment, social prestige, and being challenged. The extrinsically-oriented factors as the source of motivation to learn English were getting a job, pursuing education, earning more money, traveling to foreign countries, pursuing academic careers, making efficient use of technology, and effectively interacting with native speakers. It was concluded that beginner and intermediate English language learners tended to learn English more based on extrinsic factors whereas advanced learners were found to be more intrinsically motivated.
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spelling pubmed-90393912022-04-27 Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency Bagheri Nevisi, Reza Farhani, Ala Front Psychol Psychology The present study aimed at investigating the motivational factors affecting Iranian learners’ learning of English as a Foreign Language across differing levels of language proficiency. To this end, 110 males and 70 females with an age range of 18–31 took part in the study and a mixed-methods approach was adopted. First, the researchers administered Oxford Placement Test (OPT) to determine the proficiency level of the participants and placed them into three levels of language proficiency. Elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Next, as for the quantitative part of the study, the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMBT) questionnaire was distributed among all the participants to delve into the motivational factors. Finally, a semi-structured interview was conducted to qualitatively probe into EFL learners’ motivational factors affecting their learning of English. It was found that the motivational factors which encouraged EFL learners resulted from either intrinsic or extrinsic tendencies. The recognized intrinsically-based motivational factors were personal enjoyment, social prestige, and being challenged. The extrinsically-oriented factors as the source of motivation to learn English were getting a job, pursuing education, earning more money, traveling to foreign countries, pursuing academic careers, making efficient use of technology, and effectively interacting with native speakers. It was concluded that beginner and intermediate English language learners tended to learn English more based on extrinsic factors whereas advanced learners were found to be more intrinsically motivated. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9039391/ /pubmed/35496142 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.869599 Text en Copyright © 2022 Bagheri Nevisi and Farhani. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title_full Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title_fullStr Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title_full_unstemmed Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title_short Motivational Factors Affecting Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Learning of English Across Differing Levels of Language Proficiency
title_sort motivational factors affecting iranian english as a foreign language (efl) learners’ learning of english across differing levels of language proficiency
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35496142
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.869599
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