The impact of gender on the motivation and performance of EFL students in language learning

Abstract

This study will demonstrate how gender affects students' proficiency and motivation in learning English as a foreign language. Each of the key elements motivates our learners to learn a second or foreign language considering the language learning approach and their surroundings. This study explores gender’s effects on the differences in EFL learning tactics student perspective with varying levels of learner motivation. It will also express teachers' and students' perspectives on the significance of this influence. In order to measure English language learning strategies and motivation, interviews were taken accommodating related topics based on open-ended questions to three different groups - male learners, female learners and teachers. The data analysis revealed that students with varying levels of enthusiasm to learn English as a foreign language significantly varied EFL learning methodologies based on genders’ impact.