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Mori, Setsuko; Gobel, Peter – English Language Teaching, 2021
The present study explored whether two semester overseas study programs had any impact on participants' language ability and motivation to study English. The language ability, L2 learning motivation and learning attitude of 65 Japanese university students participating in semester-long study abroad programs were measured pre departure and on their…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Language Proficiency, Student Motivation, English (Second Language)
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Daif-Allah, Ayman Sabry; Aljumah, Fahad Hamad – English Language Teaching, 2020
This paper analyzes and determines the various orientations of 247 Saudi male and female university students for learning English. The descriptive and correlational approaches were used to investigate the participants' motivations. The researchers adapted questionnaires available from the literature to quantitatively collect data. The results show…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation
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Ren, Junhong; Wang, Na – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study investigates students' motivation in college English learning under production-oriented approach by means of a questionnaire. Forty students in their first-year study participated in this survey. They came from four different disciplines: electronic engineering, automatic engineering, mechanic engineering and power engineering. They…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Change
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Boonchuayrod, Piyaporn; Getkham, Kanyarat – English Language Teaching, 2019
It is generally agreed that demotivation is any forces that reduce a student's passion or enthusiasm to learn. Despite some studies on demotivation across language levels, culture, and languages; research has not been conducted on university students from different language levels in Thailand. The aim of this mixed-method study is three-fold.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
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Zarrabi, Fatemeh – English Language Teaching, 2018
The present study explores the ways in which English is used in public discourse in Tehran-Iran and the motivations of Iranian - English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and teachers towards English language learning. The paper begins with an overview of different places in which English is used in Iran, such as media, public signs, traffic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fielden, Laura V.; Rico, Mercedes – English Language Teaching, 2018
One of the overlooked motivational areas for VET hospitality students learning English is attribution theories, students' beliefs about why they fail or succeed. Weiner identified four basic attributions that people tend to have in achievement situations (2010; 1984): ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck, which contribute to students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attribution Theory, Vocational English (Second Language), Adult Vocational Education
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Alharbi, Sultan H. – English Language Teaching, 2021
The term 'struggling language learner' is one that is usually ascribed to students who are trying, without much success to master the English language in an academic setting. As a case study, this study was carried out to gain insights into the 'struggles' of the struggling English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Ten students were selected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Problems
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Mahalli; Nurkamto, Joko; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Yuliasri, Issy – English Language Teaching, 2019
This research was conducted to analyze the implementation of blended learning. This study focused on the implementation "Station Rotation" and "Flipped Classroom" models of blended learning in academic writing course in English Education Study Program of UNISNU Jepara. Observation and interview were done to collect the data of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Blended Learning
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Ahmed, Sumaya A.; Dakhiel, Maysoon A. – English Language Teaching, 2019
The present study aimed to identify the effectiveness of learner-centered teaching in modifying attitude towards EFL and developing academic self-motivation. The sample consisted of (35) 12th grade students (in one of the high schools of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the academic year 2017/2018). To achieve the study objectives, a training program…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning
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Alqahtani, Ali Falah – English Language Teaching, 2020
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…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
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Alqahtani, Asma – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study investigates motivation types of Saudi and Chines EFL learners and gender role differences. I selected these two groups because they constituted the most dominant groups that study English abroad. The descriptive and correlational approaches were used to examine the participants' motivation by collecting the data through questionnaire…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Alsheikh, Negmeldin – English Language Teaching, 2018
This study aimed at understanding the essence of reading and language learning by bilinguals and trilinguals college students. The study is based on data from two separate yet related studies that were completed. The study used interviews as a qualitative means to glean the views of Arab bilinguals (n=10) and African trilinguals (n=3). The study…
Descriptors: College Students, Bilingual Students, Multilingualism, Interviews
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Liu, Chang – English Language Teaching, 2020
The study investigated secondary vocational school students' motivational level to learn English and the demotivating factors perceived by them in the current school stage. To this end, questionnaires were administered to students in a national key secondary vocational school located in Shanxi, China and 62 valid questionnaires were collected. The…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Daif-Allah, Ayman Sabry; Aljumah, Fahad Hamad – English Language Teaching, 2020
Evidence shows that learners' performance is largely influenced by their cognitive beliefs about learning. The main purpose of the present study is to identifying the cognitive beliefs of Saudi English Language major students in order to get a deeper insight into their inner thoughts about studying literature and to find out the effect of gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Khamis, Abdelmoneim Hassan Adam – English Language Teaching, 2019
This case study of Al-Aqsa School attempts to show that Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (YLE) may hurt learners' motivation and teaching process. The paper aims to highlight the adoption of Cambridge YLE proficiency tests and explore learners and teachers' perception of those tests. Also, providing alternative yardstick measures learners'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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