Assessment of German learners’ motives in Iran and its educational outcomes

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1 Iran language institute, Teheran

2 Iran Language Institute, Teheran

Abstract

Recent studies on assessment of Iranian learners’ motives has answered the two following questions; first, do learners’ motives of learning German language play a role on choosing an institute. Second, what type of outcomes do the motives and the purpose of german language learners have on an educational procedure?
On this descriptive survey research using Likert scale on 150 Iranian german language learners in the two targeted groups in which one had studied in an Iranian institute and the other participated in a German language institute in Iran.
Early findings have shown the difference in learning motives and the reason of choosing an institute in the two groups. Therefore the role of "difference in motives" in choosing a location for learning has been confirmed.
The other achieved result was the educational books of German language, which are compiled in German are suitable for those learners who are planning to migrate to that area, therefore designing and complying of local content is necessary.

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Journal of Foreign Language Research
Volume 7, Issue 1
November 2017
Pages 129-152

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