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A Study of Vocational and Non-vocational High School Learners’ Language Proficiency and Motivation

Advances in Asian Social Science

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Title A Study of Vocational and Non-vocational High School Learners’ Language Proficiency and Motivation
 
Creator sarani, abdullah; University of Sistan and Baluchestan
ahmadi, mehdi; University of Sistan and Baluchestan
 
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Description This study investigates the levels of English proficiency of vocational vs. non-vocational high school learners as well as their motivation toward learning English as a foreign language. It also examines motivation of male and female vocational high school learners toward learning English as a foreign language. To this end, 160 students of 2nd grade of high school were included in this research: 57 male and 50 female students from vocational high schools and 53 male students from non-vocational high school. The students were selected randomly from different majors including, mechanics, electronics, human sciences, and mathematics. The participants answered an Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) questionnaire and a beginner English Proficiency Test. To explore school section and gender differences, three separate independent samples t-tests were conducted. All the statistical analyses were conducted by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The results showed that: First, there was a statistically significant difference between the vocational and non-vocational male participants regarding English learning proficiency in which the learners of non-vocational high school were more proficient in English than those of vocational high school. Secondly, there was a statistically significant difference between vocational and non-vocational male participants regarding language learning motivation where the learners of non-vocational high school were more motivated to language learning than those of vocational high school. Finally, there was a statistically significant difference between the male and female vocational participants regarding language learning motivation in which the female learners were more motivated to language learning than the male ones.
 
Publisher World Science Publisher
 
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Date 2013-09-17
 
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Identifier http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/1422
 
Source Advances in Asian Social Science; Vol 4, No 3 (2013); 892-898
2167-6429
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://worldsciencepublisher.org/journals/index.php/AASS/article/view/1422/1015
 
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