Measuring The Influence Of Integrative Motivation AndInstrumental Motivation: An Empirical study

Abstract

Background: This research paper is trying to measure the influence of instrumental and integrative motivation in the process of learning English language as a second language. This measurement were done by applying a questionnaire (likert scale) on a group of English language learners from different majors and different countries. However, the measurements were sharing very close results, no vital differences between the two types, as well as the results show that both types have very effective influence in learning a second language. Aims: to measure the impact of the integrative & instrumental motivations. Methods: the data were collected by a questionnaire (Likert type), Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. Both instrumental motivation and integrative scales demonstrated good reliability, α = .84. Results: the results showed that both types influenced the learning process (learning a second language), as well as they illustrated no vital differences between the two types of motivations. These results suggest that participants in this study demonstrated similar levels of instrumental Motivation and integrative Motivation, with no meaningful statistical difference between them. Conclusion: presents that both types of motivation are very important and can influence the process of learning a second language.