The University Student’s Motivation Level on Learning English

Celal Teyyar Uğurlu,Esmira Mehdiyev,Gonca Usta

doi:10.26417/ejser.v7i1.p130-134

Abstract

This study aims to determine the university students’ level of motivation in terms of different variables. A study group of this research has been designed through one of the non-random sampling methods, Using appropriate sampling, 606 students from Faculty of Education of C.U. have been involved in this study. Motivation scale in English Language Learning developed by Mehdiyev,Usta,Uğurlu (2015) was used as an instrument of data collection. T-test and one - way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to resolve problems of this research. As a result of the research the motivation level of university students hasn’t been revealed significantly different regarding to the gender variable. However, considering the t-test results of motivation scale dimensions, confidence, attitude and personal use, significant difference is seen in favour of women in personal use dimension. The level of language learning motivation of female students is higher than men’s regarding to personal use dimension. However, men’s and women’s views don’t differ significantly in attitude and confidence dimensions. University students don’t present significant differences in terms of birth place, parent’s education level, total motivation scores and confident, attitude and personal dimensions. Students’ motivation levels are seen not to be influenced by the places such as village, provision or city where they have spent the most of their lifetime. At the same time the findings revealed that parental status variable in terms of primary, secondary and university graduates has no effects on students’ motivation.

Highlights

The process of learning English as a second language in addition to mother tongue can make a difference in motivation level of learners under the influence of different variables
Students’ motivation level in English language learning for total and subscale scores seems to be moderate. It offers that the skewness and kurtosis coefficients show nearly normal distribution of the group within the whole scale and subscales. These findings were obtained as a results of the study on student’s perceptions related to the language learning in terms of their gender, age, the place of residence and father’s education level variables
According to the results obtained from this study, it has been seen that students’ motivation level in learning English language was found moderate

Summary

Introduction

The process of learning English as a second language in addition to mother tongue can make a difference in motivation level of learners under the influence of different variables. In this case, motivation is emerging as an important element in learning a second language. Ellis (1994) describes ‘a successful learner’ as someone who uses metacognitive strategies in the learning process. In addition to these skills, the importance of motivation may be focused on. Less talented but highly motivated students can get better results

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