%0 Journal Article %T Goal-Setting as a Motivational Factor Helping FL Learners in Gaining Their Levels of FL Proficiency %A Patrycja Orzechowska %A Krzysztof Polok %J Open Access Library Journal %V 6 %N 3 %P 1-11 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2019 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1105307 %X
The purpose of this research was to check whether goal-setting increases stu-dents¡¯ motivation and improves their academic achievement. We checked whether students are familiar with the strategy of Goal-Setting, use it in prac-tice and whether there is a connection between students¡¯ improvement when it comes to their grades when Goal-Setting is used and when it is not used. We also examined which type of motivation, intrinsic or extrinsic, increases to-gether with raised amount of Goal-Setting strategies used. As far as the motiva-tion is concerned, we checked what type of motivation is 3rd grade Secondary School students driven by. Moreover, we examined whether setting goals and working on achieving them increases students¡¯ motivation. The results showed that there existed a high relationship between Goal-Setting and students¡¯ moti-vation toward learning a foreign language. Moreover, Goal-Setting results in the increase of learner¡¯s grades. Based on the results, implementing Goal-Setting strategies into the process of teaching and learning was recommended as a tool to enhancing learners¡¯ academic performance especially in English Language.
%K Motivation %K Goal-Setting %K FL Proficiency %K Academic Achievements %K Learner Assessment %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5304514