A comparative study of adult Learners’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language according to their instruction by single or multiple instructors at Geos Language Centre, Thailand
A comparative study of adult Learners’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language according to their instruction by single or multiple instructors at Geos Language Centre, Thailand
au.link.externalLink | [Full Text] (http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/Scholar/article/view/4846/3207) | |
dc.contributor.author | Link, Simon W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Suwattana Eamoraphan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-05T02:36:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-05T02:36:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare adult learners’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language according to their instruction by either a single instructor or by multiple instructors over a period of six weeks at Geos Language Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The sample population of this study consisted of 67 adult-learner students enrolled in private English as a foreign language courses during the period of April to July 2020. These students comprised two groups under investigation during the period of this study: 1) Those who received instruction from a single instructor, and 2) Those who received instruction from multiple instructors. The Questionnaire for Measuring Motivation for Learning English as a Foreign Language (QMMLEFL), adapted from the Attitude / Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) by Gardner (2004), was used to measure the level of adult learners’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) were calculated, and statistical hypothesis testing (comparative analysis using paired samples t-tests and an independent samples t-test) was performed from data collected to pursue the research objectives and accept or reject the research hypotheses of this study. The research findings did not indicate that there was a statistically significant difference in the gain in motivation for learning English as a foreign language over a six-week period of study between adult learners who studied with a single instructor and adult learners who studied with multiple instructors. Recommendations for adult learners and instructors of English as a foreign language and language institute administrators and future researchers are provided. | |
dc.format.extent | 15 pages | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Scholar: Human Sciences 13, 2 (July-December 2021), 332-346 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/25033 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Bangkok : Assumption University Press | |
dc.rights | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. | |
dc.rights.holder | Assumption University | |
dc.subject | Adult learners | |
dc.subject | Motivation for learning | |
dc.subject | English as a foreign language | |
dc.subject | Single instructors | |
dc.subject | Multiple instructors | |
dc.subject | Thailand | |
dc.subject.other | Scholar: -- Human Sciences | |
dc.subject.other | Scholar: -- Human Sciences -- 2021 | |
dc.title | A comparative study of adult Learners’ motivation for learning English as a foreign language according to their instruction by single or multiple instructors at Geos Language Centre, Thailand | en_US |
dc.type | Text | |
mods.genre | Journal Article |
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