The Effect of Motivation on the Choice of Language Learning Strategies

To investigate the extent to which the level of motivation may affect the choice of memory, cognitive, compensation, meta-cognitive, affective, and social strategies, a sample of 108 BA level Iranian EFL students at State and Islamic Azad Universities in Qazvin was selected. Oxfordʹs Strategy Inventory for Language Learning and Gardnerʹs Attitude/Motivation Test Battery were administered to all the participants. Six separate one-way ANOVA procedures were used to analyze the obtained data. The results showed that the level of motivation significantly influenced studentsʹ choice of memory, compensation, and affective strategies, but had no significant effect on the choice of cognitive strategies, meta-cognitive and social strategies.