Motivating English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Adult Learners: Challenges to Prepare them for Future and Job Market.
This paper analyzes the factors that play the role in the high or low motivational level of adult EFL learners all over the world in general and in Saudi Arabia in particular. The study starts with the quantitative tool of 28 items survey designed on Academic Motivational Scale, administered on Like...
| Publicado en: | International Research Journal of Art & Humanities Vol. 46; no. 46; pp. 1 - 2 |
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Knowledge Bylanes
2018
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