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Social Aspects of Gender Differences in Learners’ Motivation to Learn English in a Pakistani Social Context of South Punjab
Abstract
This paper endeavors to probe into the motivational patterns associated with gender in a particular Pakistani social context. For this purpose a self-report questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire included different measures adapted from Gardner (1985), Dornyei (1990, 2001), Clement (1994) and Ghani (2002). Data were collected from three different campuses of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Besides questionnaire, participants were also given FCE (First certificate in English) test regarding reading comprehension and use of English along with a cloze test to judge their proficiency in English language. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 16) for windows and results manifested that there existed notable gender-based differences in learners’ motivation to learn English and their English language proficiency
Authors
Muhammad Imran
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Science, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & IT, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Faisal Hanif
Lecturer, Government College Kabirwala, District Khanewal, Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Mamuna Ghani
Ex-Dean, Faculty of Arts, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Gender, Motivation, Social Context, English Language Learning
