The Relationship between Learning Motivation and Acquisition of Language among Iraqi Secondary School Students

Abstract: The research sought out to explore the nature of the relationship between learning motivation and a range of language learning outcomes from the student's perspective. The sample of study consisted of (160) Iraqi secondary school students at Al-karar, Baghdad School in Missan directorate of education. Two instruments were used for data collection, namely, questionnaire which was adopted and motivation test designed by the researcher. The results showed that students from the urban area have better results in the reading section, and students from the rural area have better results in the listening and speaking. Also, older students have better results than younger students in both reading and listening. The results also showed that students with high educational level parents have better results in the reading and listening. In terms of gender, males have better scores in the reading section, and females have better scores in the listening section. The results revealed that there was the lowest attain to learn motivation. Finally, the research ended up with some conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions for further research.