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The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM

The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the various socio-psychological variables like attitude, motivation, anxiety and instrumental orientation on performance in English as a second language. An impact study of each of the variables on learners' performa...

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Main Authors: Latifah Abdol Latif,, Mansor Fadzil,, Ramli Bahroom,, Wardah Mohamad,, Ng, Man San
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2011
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PE English
LC5800 Distance education
Online Access:http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/565/1/role_motivation.pdf
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spelling my.oum.5652013-05-16T05:29:41Z The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM Latifah Abdol Latif, Mansor Fadzil, Ramli Bahroom, Wardah Mohamad, Ng, Man San PE English LC5800 Distance education The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the various socio-psychological variables like attitude, motivation, anxiety and instrumental orientation on performance in English as a second language. An impact study of each of the variables on learners' performance was also carried out in order to elucidate the variable that is most significant. A survey methodology was used, in which 757 out of the 2016 questionnaires were used. The results indicate that all the four variables were significantly correlated with learners' performance in the English course conducted at Open University Malaysia (OUM). The regression analysis showed that all the variables except for personal motivation exert significant impacts on performance with anxiety having a negative impact while attitude and instrumental orientation having positive impacts. Several implications were discussed and some recommendations were put forth, taking into consideration the open and distance learning environment at OUM. (Abstract from authors) 2011-03-28 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/565/1/role_motivation.pdf Latifah Abdol Latif, and Mansor Fadzil, and Ramli Bahroom, and Wardah Mohamad, and Ng, Man San (2011) The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM. In: Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011 - Global Conference on Learning and Technology. , 28 March - 1 April, 2011 , Melbourne, Australia. http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/565/
institution Open University Malaysia
building OUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Open University Malaysia
content_source OUM Knowledge Repository
url_provider http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/
topic PE English
LC5800 Distance education
spellingShingle PE English
LC5800 Distance education
Latifah Abdol Latif,
Mansor Fadzil,
Ramli Bahroom,
Wardah Mohamad,
Ng, Man San
The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
description The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the various socio-psychological variables like attitude, motivation, anxiety and instrumental orientation on performance in English as a second language. An impact study of each of the variables on learners' performance was also carried out in order to elucidate the variable that is most significant. A survey methodology was used, in which 757 out of the 2016 questionnaires were used. The results indicate that all the four variables were significantly correlated with learners' performance in the English course conducted at Open University Malaysia (OUM). The regression analysis showed that all the variables except for personal motivation exert significant impacts on performance with anxiety having a negative impact while attitude and instrumental orientation having positive impacts. Several implications were discussed and some recommendations were put forth, taking into consideration the open and distance learning environment at OUM. (Abstract from authors)
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Latifah Abdol Latif,
Mansor Fadzil,
Ramli Bahroom,
Wardah Mohamad,
Ng, Man San
author_facet Latifah Abdol Latif,
Mansor Fadzil,
Ramli Bahroom,
Wardah Mohamad,
Ng, Man San
author_sort Latifah Abdol Latif,
title The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
title_short The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
title_full The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
title_fullStr The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety and Instrumental Orientation in Influencing Learner's Performance in English as a Second Language in OUM
title_sort role of motivation, attitude, anxiety and instrumental orientation in influencing learner's performance in english as a second language in oum
publishDate 2011
url http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/565/1/role_motivation.pdf
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