چکیده

One of the factors that affect learning a foreign language is motivation. Many studies have been conducted on motivational factors, but studies related to demotivating and remotivating aspects are scant. The present study, as a non-experimental, descriptive design, focused on demotivating factors and compared Iranian intermediate high schoolers and institute EFL learners. In doing so, 40 participants were selected through convenience sampling. Twenty of them were English L2ers in institute, while the other 20 were just high schoolers with no experience in taking part in any English classes at institutes. A questionnaire regarding the demotivating factors was given to the participants. To increase the validity of the instruments, a semi-structured interview was also used and the answers were recorded and transcribed. The findings showed that demotivational factors were not the same for the students at different educational settings. For high schoolers, teachers, experience of failure, class materials, class environment, and lack of interest were demotivational, while, at institute, the most influential factors were teachers and class characteristics. The findings of this study could help the heads of schools and policy makers to be more conscious in selecting different materials, contexts, and effective teachers for different educational settings.

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Demotivation, Demotivational factors, High schoolers, Institute L2ers, Motivation

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Azizeh Chalak , 1398 , Demotivating Factors for Iranian Intermediate High School and Institute EFL Learners , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي