A Study on Motivation of the EFL Learners at Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh

Autor/in	Ahmad, Saleh
Titel	A Study on Motivation of the EFL Learners at Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh
Quelle	(2005), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit M.A. Dissertation, Jahangirnagar University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; English (Second Language); English Language Learners; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Observation; Interviews; Rating Scales; Gender Differences; Anxiety; Economic Factors; Family Influence; Educational Attainment; Geographic Location; Socioeconomic Influences; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulische Motivation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Rating-Skala; Geschlechterkonflikt; Angst; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Schülerverhalten; Bangladesch
Abstract	Motivation is a major socio-psychological factor to draw much attention of linguists and English Language Teaching (ELT) specialists in this decade. But most of the studies, conducted by ELT researchers at universities, basically deal with urban learners, which do not present sufficient findings in this field of research. This study primarily attempted to focus on the differences in motivational orientation of learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in urban and rural areas in Bangladesh. It also aimed at an investigation into the correlation among other socio-psychological factors and motivational intensity. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were followed to elicit data from 120 respondents of four urban and four rural colleges. The findings of this research demand a more suitable and updated national language policy and planning for reducing the gap between urban and rural EFL teaching-learning conditions and modify current syllabuses and ELT methodology to suit the motivational orientation of the EFL learners at Higher Secondary level and also for a large-scale teachers' training program for an effective implementation of the policy. A questionnaire is appended. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10