Examining the relationship between L2 motivational self system and L2-learning among TESL students

• Main Authors: Roohbakhsh Far, Hamid, Rajab, Azizah, Etemadzadeh, Atika
• Format: Article
• Published: David Publishing 2012
• Subjects: PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32676/; http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=12974.html
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The present study intends to show the relationship between three motivational variables known as “ideal L2 (second language) self”, “ought-to L2 self”, and “attitudes to learning English” and students’ intended effort to learn English. A questionnaire of 33 items was administered to two groups of TE...