Attitudes and Motivation in learning English as Second Language in high school students

By Sayid Dabbagh Ghazvini, M. Khajehpour. 2011

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Abstract This study investigates Iranian students’ attitudes and motivations toward learning English. The sample of the study consists of 123 male and female students from two high schools in the second academic years. The instrument used is a questionnaire which comprises 18 items developed to achieve the aims of the study. Results showed that the Girl students are more integrative motivated and boy students are more instrumental motivated to learning English. In addition, the girls have more positive attitude toward learning English than boys, they also are more inclined to bilingualism. However, there is no significant difference between high school students in motivational orientations, while they have positive attitude to learning English as a second language.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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