Instrumental and integrative motivation among undergraduate Libyan students of English as a foreign language [Ressource électronique] / Ahmed Zanghar

Master of Arts : English : Colorado State University : 2012

Bibliogr. p. 51-58

The study examines instrumental and integrative motivations among undergraduate Libyan students of English as a foreign language (EFL). It investigates whether EFL Libyan students are instrumentally or integratively motivated to study English. The study also looks at the relationship between EFL Libyan students' motivation and their achievement in English. Forty Libyan students studying English as a foreign language at the College of Arts Bani Walid, Libya, participated in the study. The participants are in different levels of their four-year university program and ten students were chosen from each year. All of the participants completed a questionnaire that included 14 items reflecting their instrumental and integrative motivations for studying English. The questionnaire data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. The findings of the study showed that EFL Libyan students were highly instrumentally and integratively motivated to study English, and their integrative motivation appeared to be a little higher than their instrumental motivation. These unusual results were attributed to the Libyan students' interest in knowing more about the English-speaking peoples and learning about their societies and cultures, and that was due to the strong positive attitude Libyan students have had towards them. The findings also revealed that there was no relationship between the Libyan students' motivation and their achievement in English as a foreign language