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

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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
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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
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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
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