چکیده:
Motivation can be conceptualized as a dynamic process which is a key contributor to mastering a second language. This study used the L2- Motivational Self System as the basis for a conceptual framework for studying the effects of external factors on learners' motivation. In particular, the role of teachers and parents was studied as the external facets of predicting learners' motivation. One hundred and twenty EFL teachers along with 1,270 of their students participated in the study. To measure motivation, the Persian version of Dörnyei's L2 Motivation Self-System Scale was utilized. Three key components of the scale, namely, criterion measure, attitudes to L2 learning,
and instrumentality promotion were employed in measuring motivation. To assess the role of family in motivating learners, another subscale of Dörnyei's questionnaire, i.e., family influence was used. To gauge teacher burnout, the educator version of the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI-ES) was used. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was run to analyze the causal
خلاصه ماشینی:
"External Factors Affecting Second Language Motivation: The Role of Teacher Burnout and Family Influence Soroor Rostami MA student of TEFL, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran Afsaneh Ghanizadeh* Assistant professor of TEFL, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran Behzad Ghonsooly Professor of Applied Linguistics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran Received 10 May 2015; revised 19 July 2015; accepted 10 August 2015 Abstract Motivation can be conceptualized as a dynamic process which is a key contributor to mastering a second language.
Keywords : Attitudes to L2 learning; Criterion measure; Family influence; L2 motivation; Instrumentality promotion; Teacher burnout; SEM Introduction Motivation as a key contributor to mastering L2 is believed to encompass all other factors involved in L2 learning.
Inasmuch as parents and teachers are two main external sources of motivation which influence students' motivation and their performance, the present study will investigate the role of teacher burnout and family influence in a number of the motivational factors of Dörnyei's L2 Motivational Self System model.
Taken together, the role of constructs discussed above— learners' motivation, teacher burnout, and family influence—in effective teaching and learning has conclusively been demonstrated by educational researchers.
A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was performed to examine the cause-effect relationship between learners' motivation, teacher burnout, and family influence variables.
05 Discussion The current study sought to investigate the role of two external factors (teacher burnout and family influence) in learners' motivation among Iranian EFL students.
Three direct, positive, and significant paths leading from family influence to learners' criterion measure, instrumentality promotion, and attitudes to learning English indicate that the role of family in motivating children is still strong in Iran."