Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the possible effect of motivation and autonomy on students' English as foreign language proficiency in two universities - Payamenoor (distance) and Islamic Azad universities (traditional)- in the city of Gonbad-e-Kavous. To do so, 152 Azad University students and 144 Payamenoor University students were randomly selected. Three questionnaires each dealing with one of the three variables of motivation, autonomy and foreign language proficiency were distributed among students to collect the required data. Analyzing the data through Multiple Regression and Fisher's r to z transformation, the results revealed that there is a significant relationship between motivation and foreign language proficiency in both universities. In regard to autonomy, however, results showed no significant relationship between autonomy and foreign language proficiency in Payamenoor University, while in Azad University this relationship was revealed meaningful and significant. The findings of the current study will inform teachers and curriculum developers of the status of motivation and autonomy in the success of students in their academic performance, pointing out some procedures to enhance this idea.
Highlights
1.1 Statement of the problemPeople are different and learn in different ways
Three data collection instruments formed the other sections of the questionnaire; the second section of it was comprised of items regarding English language proficiency of the participants; the third section dealt with the items about the motivation of the individuals toward English language; and the fourth section was about the items concerning autonomy of the students in learning
In the output table 2, descriptive statistics provides the information concerning our variables taken from 152 Azad University students
Summary
1.1 Statement of the problemPeople are different and learn in different ways. That is, there are individual differences in learning. According to Dörnyei (2005), there is a wide variation among language learners in terms of their ultimate success in learning a foreign/second language. These differences have evoked researchers to study individuals in terms of their aptitude, motivation, and attitude towards a foreign/second language. The purpose of the study is twofold: 1) to investigate the role of the independent variables such as motivation and autonomy in predicting the dependent variable of foreign language proficiency in the two different settings such as distant university of Payame Noor and Islamic Azad University. The purpose of the study is twofold: 1) to investigate the role of the independent variables such as motivation and autonomy in predicting the dependent variable of foreign language proficiency in the two different settings such as distant university of Payame Noor and Islamic Azad University. 2) to examine the possible difference between these two settings
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