More Proficient vs. Less Proficient EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Teachers ‘Motivation Raising Strategies

Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice

مقاله 10، دوره 10، شماره 21، اسفند 2017، صفحه 226-248   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Nasrin Yousefi¹؛ Marjan Vosoughi^{* 2}؛ Mino Alemi¹

¹English Department, Tehran West branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

²English Department, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran

چکیده

Motivation raising strategies are frequently used in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes; nevertheless, learners’ perceptions of such strategies used by language teachers have not sufficiently been explored. Also, there are not enough studies on differences and similarities between more and less proficient EFL learners regarding this issue. To scrutinize this topic, a groups of more (No=50) and less proficient EFL learners (No=50) participated in this study by completing to a validated, researcher-made questionnaire with a five-point Likert type format. Non-parametric Mann-Whiteny U test was run in the SPSS ver. 23 to check the differences between the two groups. The results of the study verified that, regardless of each individual scale in the utilized questionnaire, overall, the more proficient ones manifested significantly less perceptions on teachers’ motivation raising strategies based on the total estimated mean ranks compared with the less proficient learners.  However, within the surveyed scales, only in the classroom atmosphere scale, the results showed that the less proficient learners were more mindful of teacher strategies for motivation raising. The findings from this study have implications for motivation raising strategy instructions for a language classroom. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

extrinsic motivation؛ intrinsic motivation؛ more and less proficient EFL learners؛ Perception؛ motivation raising strategy

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