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Title EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING MOTIVATION OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF ISLAMABAD

Author(s) SAIRA ALI

Abstract This study was conducted to gauge the impact and relationship of socio-economic and cultural factors on English language learning motivation among Pakistani students. Carried out among students of Islamabad universities, the data for this M.Phil. dissertation was provided by 130 participants who were studying English in various universities of Islamabad and belonged to a multi-layered socio-economic and cultural background. A questionnaire, based on a study conducted for second language motivation (L2 Motivation) in Chile, gathered extensive information about the demographic profile and marks in latest educational exams along with a plethora of socio-economic and cultural factors. SPSS analysis was conducted to establish statistical associations between and among variables of the study. It was evident that socio-economic and cultural factors do affect English language learning among students in Pakistan, however, their level of impact and relationship with each other yielded stimulating results. For example, as was expected, parents’ education, income and profession does have association with the motivation to learn English. However, against our normal perception, it was observed that parents’ help and mothers’ profession did not impact the students’ motivation. In the same way, cultural factors also had an impact on L2 motivation, but their degree of impact is not as much as it was in the case of socio-economic factors. The students perceiving English as a threat to their culture, religious beliefs and to Urdu were less motivated to learn English. Again, against the customary perception, people’s responses to speaking English and to making mistakes in public did not impact students’ motivations.

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Language English

Publication Date 2019-06-14

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