• Ali Suleiman Awwad

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• Siti Hamin Stapa

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• Tengku Nor RizanTengku Mohd Maasum

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Globalization refers to the expanding connectivity, integration, and interdependence of
economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres across local
activities. In an increasingly globalized society, empowered individuals communicate across
cultural and national boundaries as citizens of the world. They have access to new technologies
that afford them unprecedented ways to reinterpret, appropriate, contest, and negotiate mass
distributed texts in multiple forms. This article presents an overview of the EFL learners’
motivation and attitudes to learn English with respect to the impact of globalization and
technological advancement. This current situation has led to a paradigm shift of learners’
motivations and attitudes in order to cope with the demands of English as a global language.
Hence, this article will review studies in motivation and attitude among EFL learners on the
effect of technological variable such as internet and satellite television programs and social
issues willingness to migrate and to study and work overseas. This review will contribute to the
literature of the role of English as a global language.

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