Motivational Goal Orientations and Second Language Acquisition

This books aims at investigating the relationship between motivational goal orientations, gender, language learning anxiety, language learning beliefs, and language learning strategies of Iranian EFL learners based on Maehr's Personal Investment Model. To this end, four questionnaires were used, namely, the Inventory of School Motivation, Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory, and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale.

Autorentext

Ali Taghinezhad is a university lecturer at the University of Medical Sciences,Fasa, Iran. He has published several articles in the field of Second LanguageAcquisition. His areas of interest include language testing, second languagelearning issues, psycho-linguistics, and educational psychology.