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An Investigation into the Demotivating and Remotivating Factors among Iranian MA and PhD Exam Candidates of TEFL (Research Article) | ||
| Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning | ||
| دوره 13، شماره 27، 2021، صفحه 81-112 اصل مقاله (980.45 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/elt.2021.45627.2377 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Ali Derakhshan* 1؛ Mohammad Qafouri2؛ Maryam Faribi3 | ||
| 1Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran. | ||
| 2MA in TEFL, Department of English and Literature, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran | ||
| 3PhD Candidate in TEFL, Department of English and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Learning outcomes will highly increase if barriers are identified and removed appropriately. Since demotivating factors can affect the learning process negatively, regaining the lost interest of learners leads to higher levels of academic achievement. Demotivation has been referred to as low motivation instead of being an independent concept on its own on the one hand, and the demotivating factors related to PhD exam candidates have not been taken into consideration so far on the other hand. As a result, this research attempted to examine both the demotivating and remotivating factors in the Iranian milieu, for which 100 MA and 78 PhD exam candidates from various universities took part in our study. The participants filled out a validated demotivating questionnaire for data collection, and 15 MA and 20 PhD participants participated in a semi-structured interview, encompassing five open-ended questions. The multivariate analysis of ANOVA depicted a significant difference between the most demotivating factor (economic problems) and the least demotivating one (curriculum decisions). Moreover, the data provided by the participants were analyzed to reduce the effect of these factors. Identifying the demotivating factors and trying to neutralize their negative effects by considering the remotivating options enables the policymakers to help the students move towards academic satisfaction which in the long run leads to their psychological well-being. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Motivation؛ Demotivating Factors؛ Remotivating Factors؛ MA Exam Candidates؛ PhD Exam Candidates؛ Positive Psychology | ||
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