• Anis Behzadi

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Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Itis
often assumed to be a rather abstract concept (Dörnyei, 2001).In fact, it is the
combination of effort plus desire to achieve the goal of learning the language which
leads to a conscious decision to act, and which gives rise to a period of sustained
intellectual and/or physical effort in order to attain previous set goals.
Accordingly,the current study was implemented in order to shed light on the effects of
teaching or training on university students’ motivation in learning English in nonnative
context, namely, Iran.The research was conducted on a population of 44
university students, all Persian speakers, majoring in English translation course at
Payam-e Noor University infall semester of 2013-2014 academic year,Sirjan, Iran.
Technically speaking, this study is based upon pre-experimental method(one group
pre-test post-test design).Interestingly,the results of quantitative findings revealed that
there was not a significant difference in students’ overall motivation after the
treatment. Nevertheless, no notable differences between intrinsic and extrinsic
motivation, and between female and male participants’ motivation were detected. In
short, it may be concluded that teaching or training activities have resulted in a
moderate increase in learners’ motivational level and enhanced metacognition as
well.

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