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Investigating English Reading Motivation across Time

Received: 18 August 2014     Accepted: 22 August 2014     Published: 10 September 2014
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Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the possible dynamicity of reading motivation across time. To this end, the reading motivation questionnaire (Mori, 2002) was administered to about 101 BA students twice. The results indicated that reading motivation does not have a fixed construct. Different components of reading motivation might change in nature across time.

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijll.20140205.13
Page(s) 305-309
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Keywords

Reading Motivation, Time, Reading Comprehension

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  • Department of Language and Literature, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

  • Department of Foreign Languages, Khorram abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorram abad, Iran

  • Department of Language and Literature, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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