Listening Motivation of Secondary School Students in Terms of Various Factors

Abstract

Listening motivation is defined as the desire that an individual feels before or during listening in order to understand. An individual’s reluctance towards listening activity indicates her/his lack of motivation. The lack of motivation to listen prevents the effective realization of listening, which has a great share in learning and communication. This study, which examined the listening motivation of secondary school students in terms of various variables, consisted of a study group of 682 participants. The scale developed by Dölek and Yıldırım (2021) was used in the research. While the independent sample t-test was applied to measure the contribution of gender and breakfast habits to listening motivation, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine the contribution of class level, daily screen time, and daily sleep duration to listening motivation. The results indicated no difference in listening motivation of students with different genders, class levels, daily time spent in front of the screen, daily sleep duration, and breakfast habits. At the end of the research, suggestions were developed to provide listening motivation.