Investigation of EFL Language Learners’ Strategies and Motivational Or
by Mohammad Reza SadeghiJul 19, 2012 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) 8612 Views
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between English Language Learning Strategies (LLSs) and motivational orientations including Amotivation, Extrinsic orientation and Intrinsic orientation. To do so, 131 university students, studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL), by use of cluster sampling were randomly selected. To assess English Language Learning Strategies, “Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)” and in order to estimate motivational orientation, Language Learning Orientations Scale (LLOS) were applied. Multiple Regression was used to analyze the data. The results displayed that there is a significantly negative relationship between scored obtained from LLSs and amotivtaion. Furthermore, no significant relationship has been found between Extrinsic orientation and LLSs; while there was a significantly positive relationship between Intrinsic orientation and scored obtained from LLSs.