THE RELATION OF READING MOTIVATION, ATTITUDE AND READING COMPREHENSION OF L2 LEARNERS AT BS LEVEL IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

The relation between readers' motivation as well as attitude towards reading including its influence on comprehension plays a critical role in learning situations, particularly for second language (L2) learners. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of published research on reading motivation, attitudes, and reading comprehension among students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The research thus defines goals such as recognizing the relationship of these components and evaluating their effect on the performance of the students. The selected target population of the present study involved 100 participants of three public sector universities in Faisalabad and the sampling technique used was the stratified random sampling. The quantitative data was analyzed using ‘SPSS Statistics’ and the primary method of analysis was correlation where the relation between the variables under study was investigated.  The findings highlight both positive and negative aspects of the study. This is made possible by the application of SPSS in data analysis hence enhancing precision and reliability of the results. Nevertheless, the study also has some disadvantages, for example, it is impossible to exclude the possibility of obtaining a sample bias or the difficulties involved in extending the results of the research to other subjects.  This study makes a useful significance in the field of the applied linguistics, stressing further significance of the motivation and the attitude as for the reading comprehension, and giving an idea for further study and learning process.