The Effect of Motivational Factors on the Foreign Language Success of Students at the Saudi Military Academy

Al Qahtani, Mofareh Abdullah

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The Effect of Motivational Factors on the Foreign Language Success of Students at the Saudi Military Academy

Authors:

Al Qahtani, Mofareh Abdullah

Publisher:

جامعة طنطا - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة كلية التربية Vol.2015 Issue 60, pp.1-28

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000983285

pISSN:

1110-1237

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Abstract:

 The investigation of language learning motivation is an important field in language pedagogy since it is seen as one of the key variables contributing to the successful acquisition of a foreign or second language (Kormos & Csizer, 2010). Therefore, this paper aims to find out the effect of motivational factors on the foreign language success of students at King Khaled Military Academy (KKMA). The study was applied to 104 second grade male cadets in the second semester of the 2014-2015 academic year. The participants of the study are military cadets and have been studying English for nearly eight years. The instruments used for data collection was a questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of three main parts. In Part I, there are questions aiming to collect some background information about the participants. In Part 2 and 3, the questions aim to collect data on the relationship between different types of motivation and the foreign language success. The collected data was analyzed by using SPSS 11.5 statistical package. Frequency, mean, independent t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used to analyze the data obtained. The findings of this research showed a high level of motivation in both high and low group. The motivation of students with high and low achievement are not different at statistically significance 0.05. There is a statistically significant relationship between overall motivation and the foreign language success of the KKMA cadets. Finally, there is no statistically significant difference between the language success and integrative motivation.

Article Details

The Effect of Motivational Factors on the Foreign Language Success of Students at the Saudi Military Academy

Authors:

Al Qahtani, Mofareh Abdullah

Publisher:

جامعة طنطا - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة كلية التربية Vol.2015 Issue 60, pp.1-28

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000983285

pISSN:

1110-1237

اللغة الأجنبية

تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية

الدافعية

الأكاديمية العسكرية السعودية

Issues

Article Details

The Effect of Motivational Factors on the Foreign Language Success of Students at the Saudi Military Academy

Authors: Al Qahtani, Mofareh Abdullah

Publisher: جامعة طنطا - كلية التربية

Journal: مجلة كلية التربية Vol.2015 Issue 60, pp.1-28

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 10/2015

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000983285

pISSN: 1110-1237

اللغة الأجنبية

تعلم اللغة الإنجليزية

الدافعية

الأكاديمية العسكرية السعودية

Issues

Authors:

Al Qahtani, Mofareh Abdullah

Publisher:

جامعة طنطا - كلية التربية

Journal:

مجلة كلية التربية Vol.2015 Issue 60, pp.1-28

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000983285

pISSN:

1110-1237