Motivational strategies in EFL classroom : their effects on vocabulary learning of the first secondary school students

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of using intrinsic and extrinsic motivational strategies (MSs) on enhancing vocabulary learning in English as a foreign language (EFL).The study sample consisted of 60 EFL female students enrolled in the first grade secondary school in Al-wajh city in Saudi Arabia. They were divided into 2 equal groups: experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. A pre-post vocabulary achievement test was designed as the main research inst