IJELR: International Journal of Education, Language, and Religion
Vol 1, No 1 (2019): November

Gender and Motivation among EFL Students

Firdani Firdani (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Nanda Marlina Abdul Samad (IAIN Zawiyah Cot Kala, Langsa)
Siti Sarah Fitriani (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Iskandar Abdul Samad (Universitas Syiah Kuala)
Rizki Ananda (STKIP An-Nur)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Nov 2019

Abstract

Motivation is an important factor for explaining the success or failure of any complex task. Motivation is related to gender which plays an important role in one’s life. This study focuses on finding out the correlation between gender and motivation among students in learning English as a foreign language. It looks particularly on determining how motivation in learning English as a foreign language is influenced by gender. The researchers employed qualitative research where the data were obtained by questionnaire. Ten participants of this research were chosen for this research. They are five males and five female postgraduate students of English Education Department of Syiah Kuala University. This research found that there is significant correlation between gender and motivation among EFL students in learning English in which female students tend to be more successful and motivated than the male students regarding learning English. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJELR

Publisher

Subject

Religion Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

International Journal of Education, Language, and Religion (IJELR) is a scientific journal published binually on May and November. IJELR seeks to develop knowledge and practice in the three domains of its title (education, language, and religion) and the relations between them. It welcomes research ...