The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Level of Language Awareness and Their Motivation and Achievement

Alireza AMJADİPARVAR; Golestan ZARRİN

Article Details

The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Level of Language Awareness and Their Motivation and Achievement

Authors:

Alireza AMJADİPARVAR | Golestan ZARRİN

Publisher:

Gazi Yabancı Diller Derneği

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

The Journal of Language Learning and Teaching 2019 Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.37-48

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000801698

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2146-1732

Abstract:

 


The present study aimed at examining the relationship between EFL
learners’ level of language awareness with their motivation and achievement.
Moreover, the relationship between gender, language awareness, motivation and
achievement was also investigated. The participants included 120 male and
female EFL learners from different language institutes in Kurdistan province
selected based on convenient sampling. The learners were then asked to complete
the language learning motivation and language awareness questionnaire. The
learners were requested to respond to all the items. Finally, the
questionnaires were scored and along with the final exam scores as achievement
scores of the learners were analyzed to address the research questions. The
results of statistical analyses indicated that there was a positive and
significant relationship between EFL learners’ level of language awareness and
motivation. Moreover, there was a significant and positive relationship between
the EFL learners’ level of language awareness and their achievement. It was
also found that there was a significant relationship between gender, language
awareness, motivation and achievement of Iranian EFL learners with female
participants outperforming the male learners.


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Article Details

The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Level of Language Awareness and Their Motivation and Achievement

Authors: Alireza AMJADİPARVAR | Golestan ZARRİN

Publisher: Gazi Yabancı Diller Derneği

Main Topics: Education

Journal: The Journal of Language Learning and Teaching 2019 Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.37-48

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000801698

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 2146-1732

Issues

Authors:

Alireza AMJADİPARVAR | Golestan ZARRİN

Publisher:

Gazi Yabancı Diller Derneği

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

The Journal of Language Learning and Teaching 2019 Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.37-48

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000801698

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

2146-1732