Title of article :
The EffectofGoal-OrientednessandGroup CohesivenessasTwoMotivationalStrategieson IranianEFLLearners’ReadingComprehension
Author/Authors :
Nasimi, Shabnam English Department - Faculty of Humanities - Islamic Azad University -Shahr-Qods Branch, Iran , Salehi , Masoomeh English Department - Faculty of Humanities - Islamic Azad University -Shahr-Qods Branch, Iran
Abstract :
Motivationisoneofthebasicfactorsthatdeterminessuc-
cess andfailureinL2learning;thus,motivationalstrategiesshouldbe
regarded asacrucialaspectofthetheoreticalanalysisofL2motivation
(Cheng &Drnyei,2007).Thisstudywasanattempttofindoutthe
possibleeffectsoftwomotivationalstrategies,namely‘groupcohesive-
ness’and‘goal-orientedness’strategiesonpromotinglearners’reading
comprehensionintheEFLclasses.NinetyintermediatemaleIranian
EFL learnerswerechosenandtheywereassignedtothreegroupsof30
students:groupcohesiveness,goal-orientednessandcontrol.Forthepre-
test, theresearcherusedthereadingpartofCambridgeFirstCertificate
in English(FCE).Inoneofthegroups,theteacherused‘groupcohe-
siveness’motivationstrategyandtheothergroupwasexposedto‘goal-
orientedness’.Thetreatmentlastedfor20sessionsandeachsession took1.5hours.Afterthetreatmentphase,thepost-testwasusedtoas-sessparticipants’readingcomprehension.Resultsshowedthatalthoughthelearnersinthetwoexperimentalgroups,groupcohesivenessandgoal-orientedness,indicatedtohavebeensignificantlyimprovedintheirreadingcomprehensionscores,therewasnosignificantdifferencebe-tweenthetwotreatmentconditions.PedagogicalimplicationsforL2in-stitutes,teachereducators,andalsomaterialsdevelopersarediscussed.
Keywords :
readingcomprehension , motivationalstrat-egy , groupcohesiveness , Goal-orientedness
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
