Relationship between cultural awareness and Iranian EFL Learners' motivation
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between Cultural Awareness and Female Iranian EFL learners' Motivation. To this end, 140 EFL learners studying in a well-known language institute located in Tehran, Iran were selected randomly and were given two questionnaires: Cultural Awareness questionnaire and Motivation questionnaire with 11 subscales. The result indicated a significant and positive relationship between the two variables. Regression analysis showed that for a unit change in motivation, % 41 changes occur in cultural awareness. It also indicated that for each unit change in Travel Orientation, % 32 changes occur in cultural awareness. To achieve a deep understanding of the variables of interest, 10 participants were also randomly selected from among 140 and were interviewed. The result showed that they were more integratively motivated than instrumentally.
Keywords: Motivation, culture, cultural awareness, EFL, travel orientation.
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