Is Oral Performance Affected by Motivation?

Autor/in	Soozandehfar, Seyyed Mohammad Ali
Titel	Is Oral Performance Affected by Motivation?
Quelle	In: Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 14 (2010) 2, S.105-119 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1345-8353
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Placement; Oral Language; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Student Motivation; Comparative Analysis; Student Placement; Language Tests; Scores; Questionnaires; Language Proficiency; College Students; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulische Motivation; Schülerpraktikum; Language test; Sprachtest; Fragebogen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Collegestudent
Abstract	The present investigation intends to make a comparison between integratively motivated students of English at Islamic Azad University of Shiraz and their instrumentally motivated peers in terms of their oral performance. To this end, 35 junior students (15 males and 20 females) were selected out of 54 initial participants based on their scores on the Oxford Placement Test. A 20-item motivation questionnaire adopted from Laine (1969) was employed to constitute two groups of 13 integrative and 22 instrumental students. The students' scores on the two courses of Oral Reproduction 1 & 2 were used to represent their oral proficiency. The statistical analysis, using independent t-test, revealed that there was no significant difference between the integratively oriented participants and their instrumentally oriented counterparts as far as their speaking was concerned. Teachers in an EFL context can use either instrumental or integrative motivation to develop students' L2 speaking ability. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Department of English, Namseoul University, 21 Maeju-ri, Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-city, Choongnam, Korea 330-707. Tel: +82-2-3290-1995; e-mail: paalkorea@yahoo.co.kr; Web site: http://www.paal.kr/journal/journal.asp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10