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- Title
The Role of Motivation in Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language at Higher Secondary Level at Cadet College Petaro Sindh: A Mixed Study.
- Authors
Khushik, Muhammad Ismail; Memon, Natasha
- Abstract
This study investigates the role of motivation in learning English as a second language at higher secondary level at Cadet College Petaro. Besides instrumental and integrative motivations, there are other variables and components like course specific motivation and teacher specific motivation which matter in motivating the students in learning English in Pakistani context. Mixed study was carried out which contained a questionnaire for the students of class 1st year and 2nd year. Five English teachers were also interviewed for their feedback regarding the variables like integrative motivation, course specific motivation, teacher specific motivation and instrumental motivation. The data of the questionnaire based on the Likert scale were run in SPSS version 20 for results. At the end, on the basis of the findings, a number of generalizations were made regarding the importance of syllabus and teaching styles in motivating the students to learn English as a 2nd language at the higher secondary level at Cadet College Petaro.
- Subjects
INSTRUCTIONAL systems; ECONOMICS education; BUSINESS education; LIKERT scale; SCALE analysis (Psychology)
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 8, p316
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article