The Relationship between the Saudi Cadets' Learning Motivation and Their Vocabulary Knowledge

Autor/in	Alqahtani, Ali Falah
Titel	The Relationship between the Saudi Cadets' Learning Motivation and Their Vocabulary Knowledge
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 13 (2020) 4, S.1-10 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Vocabulary Development; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; Military Schools; English (Second Language); Correlation; Self Efficacy; Language Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Males; Late Adolescents; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Wortschatzarbeit; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Militärschule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Korrelation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Sprachverhalten; Wissensbasis; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Halbstarker; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This paper is a report on the study of the relationship between foreign/second language (L2) motivation and vocabulary knowledge. The population of the study is the cadets of a military academy in Saudi Arabia who study English as a foreign language. The total number of participants is 195 Saudis. The author uses the L2 Motivational Self System to investigate the cadets' L2 motivation and the vocabulary test "X-Lex" (Meara & Milton, 2003) to measure their vocabulary size (VS). The correlation analysis shows a positive moderate statistical correlation between the students' L2 motivation and their VS because the Ideal L2 Self, the Language Learning Attitudes, and the Intended Learning Effort had a linear relationship with the VS. Nevertheless, the regression analysis reveals that none of these motivational scales is a predictor of the students' VS. Finally, the correlation analysis and the regression analysis disclose a statistically significant correlation between the Saudi cadets' self-perception as competent English users and their L2 motivation as well as their VS. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01