Motivation towards Learning English Language: A Case Study of Undergraduate Students in a Pakistani Engineering University
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Quratulain Talpur
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Zulfiqar Ali Shah
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- Keywords:
- English for Specific Purpose (ESP), Engineering discipline, Motivation, ESL, Second language acquisition (SLA)
- Abstract
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English has got two fold status of being official and academic language in
Pakistan. To cope with current global needs, English has been the medium of instruction
in the curriculum from primary level to the higher education. Engineering discipline also
has several subjects of English however; it is observed that engineering students have
mindset that technical subjects are of great significance than general language subjects.
This paper investigates the types and level of motivation towards learning English
language by engineering students. Motivation is measured as proposed by Gardner
(1985) on the basis of three motivational constructs: integrative motivation, instrumental
motivation, and personal motivation. The data collected through Questionnaire from
engineering undergraduate students of Mehran University of Engineering & Technology
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Campus Khairpur Mirs’ Pakistan. The findings show that
students of Mehran UET SZAB Campus are instrumentally motivated to learn the English
language as a subject. - Downloads
- Published
- 2016-07-05
- Issue
- Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016)
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- Articles