Effect of Distance Learning on Iranian EFL Students’ Motivation with a Focus on Gender

Moaddab, Matina; Tabatabaee Lotfi, Seyed Abdolmajid; Afshari, Asghar; Sarkeshikian, Seyed Amir Hosein

doi:10.30473/idej.2022.63977.1108

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors

English Language Department, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2022.63977.1108

Abstract

Distance learning has gained more significance in recent years. The present study intended to investigate whether there was any statistically significant correlation between motivation and learning English through Shad and WhatsApp as perceived by Iranian high school language learners. Furthermore, the study aimed to find out whether the participants’ gender moderated the relationship between motivation and learning English through Shad and WhatsApp. To fulfill these aims, a correlational study was set up and data were collected from 169 male and female learners, some of whom were exposed to WhatsApp and the rest received Shad as their English language class platforms. Data elicited from the motivation questionnaire and English language test of the learners were analyzed through the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation, and Fisher's z transformation formula to come up with the results of the study. The findings revealed that there was a moderate, positive, and statistically significant relationship between motivation and English learning of the WhatsApp-group learners. Moreover, it was found that there was a weak, positive, and statistically significant relationship between motivation and English learning of the Shad-group learners, and gender did not have a moderating role in the relationship between motivation and English earning of the learners, neither in the WhatsApp nor in the Shad groups. The implications of the study are presented and discussed.

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Article Title [Persian]

تأثیر آموزش از راه دور بر انگیزه دانشجویان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی با تمرکز بر جنسیت

Authors [Persian]

متینه مؤدب
سید عبدالمجید طباطبایی لطفی
اصغر افشاری
سید امیر حسین سرکشیکیان

Abstract [Persian]

پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی این موضوع بود که آیا بین انگیزه و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی از طریق شاد و واتساپ از نظر زبان آموزان دبیرستانی ایرانی همبستگی معنادار وجود دارد یا خیر. علاوه بر این، این مطالعه با هدف تعیین اینکه آیا جنسیت شرکت‌کنندگان رابطه بین انگیزه و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی از طریق شاد و واتساپ را تعدیل می‌کند یا خیر. برای تحقق این اهداف، یک مطالعه همبستگی راه‌اندازی شد و داده‌هایی از 169 یادگیرنده مرد و زن جمع‌آوری شد که برخی از آنها در معرض واتس‌اپ قرار گرفتند و بقیه شاد را به عنوان پلتفرم کلاس زبان انگلیسی خود دریافت کردند. داده های به دست آمده از پرسشنامه انگیزش و آزمون زبان انگلیسی زبان آموزان با استفاده از آزمون کولموگروف اسمیرنوف، همبستگی پیرسون و فرمول تبدیل z فیشر مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفت تا به نتایج پژوهش دست یافت. یافته ها نشان داد که بین انگیزه و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی زبان آموزان گروه واتساپ رابطه متوسط، مثبت و معنی دار آماری وجود دارد. همچنین مشخص شد که بین انگیزه و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی زبان آموزان گروه شاد رابطه ضعیف، مثبت و معنادار آماری وجود دارد و جنسیت نقش تعدیل کننده ای در رابطه بین انگیزه و درآمد زبان انگلیسی زبان آموزان ندارد. نه در واتس اپ و نه در گروه های شاد. پیامدهای مطالعه ارائه شده و مورد بحث قرار می گیرد.

Keywords [Persian]

یادگیری زبان انگلیسی
جنسیت
شاد
انگیزه
واتساپ

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Effect of Distance Learning on Iranian EFL Students’ Motivation with a Focus on Gender

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Volume 4, Issue 1
March 2022
Pages 83-97

Effect of Distance Learning on Iranian EFL Students’ Motivation with a Focus on Gender

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Volume 4, Issue 1March 2022Pages 83-97

Volume 4, Issue 1
March 2022
Pages 83-97