The self-regulation and self-efficacy beliefs have a major effect on English language learning achievement. This study examines if self-regulatory strategies significantly predicted achievement in English. 542 ninth grade students studying at ten different Vocational Technical Anatolian High Schools formed the sample. Data were gathered through Self-Regulatory Learning Strategies Scale, Self-Ef...

the present study adopts the perspective that metacognitive strategy instruction is bound to occur inside the classroom especially on oral tasks. accordingly, the researchers investigated whether metacognitive strategy instruction prior to oral tasks was more successful than conventional ways in improving efl learners’ oral proficiency. to this end, 56 participants studying in a language school...

The objectives of the study were: (i) to study the learning strategies of Secondary school students, (ii) to study differences in the learning strategies of secondary school studentsof different streams of study (iii) to study the relationship between learning strategies and academic achievement of secondary school students. 1167 secondary school students of Punjab were administered Motivationa...

This study explores the relationship and interconnections between EFL teachers’ beliefs and their motivational practices in the classroom. The present study combined qualitative and quantitative methods of research. First, the motivational practices of 30 teachers in two private language schools in Tehran were explored with a classroom observation instrument, the Motivation Orientation of Langu...

The employee turnover ratio is comparatively very high in Information Technology industry. Because of time constraint, HR managers are not able to identify the preferences of each employee in the process of designing motivational strategies. Hence, there is need for an expert system, which can help HR managers in designing motivation strategies. We are working on development of expert system on...

All self-active living beings need to solve the motivational problem: The question what to do at any moment of their live. For humans and non-human animals at least two distinct layers of motivational drives are known, the primary needs for survival and the emotional drives leading to a wide range of sophisticated strategies, such as explorative learning and socializing. Part of the emotional l...