Motivation among the Learners of English inthe Secondary Schools in Armenian EFL setting

Abstract

The main purpose of this study wasto examine students’ integrative and instrumental motivation for learning English in the secondary schools in Armenian EFL setting. Further,the study aimedatrecognizingfactors affectingsecondary schoolstudents’ motivation forlearningEnglish as a foreign language in Armenian EFL setting. As well as to find out whether there was relationship between types of motivation and students achievement. The participants of the studywere68students of Englishfrom school # 51;the level of proficiency of English was intermediate.The participants of the study weretenth-grade students who participatedin completingaquestionnaire.In addition20 students from the same school amongthose who have participatedin completing a questionnaire wereinterviewed in order to give more insight to the investigation. The data revealedthat thesecondary school students’have a higher degree of instrumentality thanintegratevness. And also it showedthe demotivating factors influencing secondary school students’learningEnglish. Thisstudy also revealed that there is relationship between integrative motivation and students’ achievement. It is hoped thatthe results of this study could be of much benefit for developing teachingand learning English in Armenian EFL setting.