Students' Motivation toward English Language Learning at Undergraduate Level

Autor/inn/en	Ahmed, Mumtaz; Aftab, Maria; Yaqoob, Humaira
Titel	Students' Motivation toward English Language Learning at Undergraduate Level
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 3, S.230-238 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Learning Motivation; Second Language Learning; Teacher Student Relationship; Classroom Environment; Self Esteem; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Skills; Student Centered Learning; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Females; Teaching Methods; Communication Problems; Classroom Techniques; Language Tests; Stress Variables; Academic Failure; Class Size; Cultural Differences; Student Satisfaction; Family Environment; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsstil; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Weibliches Geschlecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kommunikationsbarriere; Klassenführung; Language test; Sprachtest; Klassengröße; Kultureller Unterschied; Familienmilieu
Abstract	The main purpose of this descriptive research is to explore the fact that why students are less motivated towards English language learning at undergraduate level. It also throws light upon the very facts of motivation with regard to the factors like student-teacher relationship, class room environment, self esteem or self respect, and willingness to communicate. Motivation plays a major part in learning a second language. It creates very powerful communicative factors by planting in them the seeds of self confidence. It is the responsibility of a teacher to create a comfortable environment in the class. The teacher should make the environment student-centered because if a student feels valued in the class, he or she would be more interested in learning a second language. The population of this research consisted of 199 students at undergraduate level from University of Sargodha (UOS) Women Campus Faisalabad, Pakistan. For this purpose the researchers formed a questionnaire on the four point Likert's scale on the different levels of motivation and gave the students maximum time to solve the questionnaire. The results and findings of the research show that motivation has a great role in learning with regard to the above mentioned factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01