Research on "Motivational Orientation in Pakistani Students Learning English as a Second Language"

                                                               By Qurat ul ain Ayyaz

Abstract

This research analyses and determines the prominent motivational orientation in students learning English as a second language (L2). The study focuses on instrumental and integrative orientations of Pakistani students learning English as a second (L2). In order to determine the students tendency towards the mentioned orientations, quantitative data were collected from 25 MBA students studying in University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore Pakistan. They were given a questionnaire which was adapted from Gardner Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). The research shows that contrary to some researchers belief that in second language learning students are mostly instrumentally motivated, Pakistani students are found to be highly motivated in both integrative and instrumental orientation. This study will helpful in identifying the motivational orientation present in Pakistani students and taking some steps according to their respective orientation can improve ESL learning in the country.

Select an appropriate Topic.

The topic of a reading selection is, quite simply, what it's ALL about. What is the topic of each of the following short excerpts from the works of some great poets?

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more,

by Lord Byron

                        
The topic is _________________________.

woods
sea
nature
music

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