Abstract
This research aims to know the perception of English language learners about the
usage of English language learning motivational strategies. The study site of this descriptive and
quantitative study is South Punjab Pakistan. Saraiki, Punjabi and Urdu speakers were the
participants. Two thousand and eighty-nine participants took part in this research. After a pilot
testing, the questionnaire of Cheng and Dornyei (2007), with certain modifications, was employed
to collect data. Twelve (12) macro strategies having fifty-three micro strategies in them were part of
this motivational strategy. The quantitative data, collected through the questionnaire, were
analysed using standardized z score. Statistical measures, mean and standardized z score, were
used for analysis. The results show variations in the perception regarding the usage of EFL
motivational strategies among the speakers of Punjabi, Saraiki and Urdu in South Punjab.
Diversified choices of the EFL motivational strategies were revealed among the speakers of these
languages. On macro strategy level, Urdu speakers’ perspective is more similar to international
research than that of the Saraiki and Punjabi perspectives. The research concludes that language
context plays an important role in the choices of EFL motivational strategies.
Syed Alamdar Nabi, Abdul Qadir Khan, Nasir Abbas Syed. (2019) A Comparative Study of Usage of EFL Motivational Strategies, The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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