Language learning motivation: what's on a student's mind when learning English language

This paper explores students' language learning motivation and the factors that motivate and demotivate them in English learning at BRAC University. A total of 124 ENG-091 students were surveyed in summer 2009 and asked about their reasons for learning English, whether they felt motivated in at...

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1. Verfasser: Ahmed, Tahreen
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BRAC University 2010
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spelling 10361-4782019-09-29T05:47:58Z Language learning motivation: what's on a student's mind when learning English language Ahmed, Tahreen EFL ( English as a foreign language) Intrinsic Extrinsic Integrative Instrumental This paper explores students' language learning motivation and the factors that motivate and demotivate them in English learning at BRAC University. A total of 124 ENG-091 students were surveyed in summer 2009 and asked about their reasons for learning English, whether they felt motivated in attending their classes and the factors that motivate and demotivate them. Also suggestions are given on how ENG-091 can be developed further so that students feel intrinsically motivated to learn language for their own sake rather than for external rewards such as grades and a good job as the findings suggest. 2010-10-12T10:07:24Z 2010-10-12T10:07:24Z 2009 Article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/478 en BRAC University Journal, BRAC University;Vol.6, No.2,pp. 81-92 application/pdf BRAC University
institution Brac University
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language English
topic EFL ( English as a foreign language)
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Integrative
Instrumental
spellingShingle EFL ( English as a foreign language)
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Integrative
Instrumental
Ahmed, Tahreen
Language learning motivation: what's on a student's mind when learning English language
description This paper explores students' language learning motivation and the factors that motivate and demotivate them in English learning at BRAC University. A total of 124 ENG-091 students were surveyed in summer 2009 and asked about their reasons for learning English, whether they felt motivated in attending their classes and the factors that motivate and demotivate them. Also suggestions are given on how ENG-091 can be developed further so that students feel intrinsically motivated to learn language for their own sake rather than for external rewards such as grades and a good job as the findings suggest.
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