from 01.01.2003 to 01.01.2024
Udmurt State University
from 01.01.2003 to 01.01.2024
Izhevsk, Izhevsk, Russian Federation
Izhevsk, Russian Federation
Izhevsk, Russian Federation
Some features of motivational sphere depend on the gender. This research featured the correlation between gender and motivation in university students in relation to ESL classes: 100 first-year students of two different non-linguistic majors (psychology and medicine) filled in V. Molchanovsky and L. Shipelevich’s questionnaire. The criteria of specific motivational features included: 1) quantitative correlation of motives; 2) correlation between the dominating motives and the gender; 3) equal mean values; 4) correlation between the motivational orientation and the future profession; 5) correlation between difficulties in learning English and the future profession. The female students of medicine and psychology demonstrated the following criteria: 1) the medical students had more motives in the motivational sphere; 2) the two groups had different dominant motives; 3) both were oriented to the process of language learning; 4) the medical students showed more coercion and obligation in the motivational sphere; 5) both groups had the same difficulties in English writing, listening, speaking, and reading. The male students demonstrated the following criteria: 1) the medical students had a priority in the choice of motives in the motivational sphere; 2) the two groups had different dominant motives; 3) the medical students were more prone to coercion and obligation; 4) both groups were oriented to the result, process, and teacher’s evaluation; 5) they had different difficulties in language learning. The results might help professors to adjust ESL classes to the specifics of motivational sphere.
motivational sphere of personality, students, non-language major, motivation to learn English, gender aspect
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