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Thesis |
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Document Title |
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CLASSROOM STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE ELI LEARNERS الاستراتيجيات الفصلية لتحفيز المتعلم في معهد اللغه الانجليزية |
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Subject |
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English Language Institute |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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This study explores the perceptions of 100 Saudi female students on the importance and frequency level of 10 macro and 30 micro-strategies of motivational strategies used in the EFL classroom at the English Language Institute (ELI), King Abdulaziz University (KAU), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Previous research on motivational strategies from the Saudi EFL context focused either on teachers (Alqahtani, 2016, Alrabai, 2010), or on both teachers and students (Alrabai, 2013, 2014). Thus, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no previous research explored the importance and frequency level of motivational strategies only from the Saudi female students’ perception. The questionnaire used was adapted from Cheng & Dörnyeis’ (2007) Motivational Strategies Questionnaire and was given to 100 students as the main instrument designed to elicit KAU female students’ perceptions in the ELI classroom. Descriptive statistics was used to report the mean values of the importance and frequency levels of the macro and micro motivational strategies, as well as students’ preference for one motivational strategy over the other. There were no alignments in students’ ratings between importance and frequency; however, the study showed significant differences in perceptions between six motivational macro strategies. The deviation highlights the six macro strategies as highly valued by learners; yet, learners expressed the frequency rating for the same six macro strategies at very low, which exposed a large gap. Overall, the results retrieved from students’ feedback indicated a gap between the importance and the frequent use of L2 motivational strategies, which is a significant finding to the EFL classroom at the English Language Institute at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
Keywords: Motivation, motivational strategies, macro & micro strategies |
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Supervisor |
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Dr. Nadia Shukri |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1439 AH
2018 AD |
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Wednesday, April 25, 2018 |
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Researchers
| بسمة محمد الوزير | Alwazir, Basma Mohammed | Researcher | Master | |
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