Promoting Academic Achievement Motivation in English and Arabic Courses Using Multimedia Instruction

The present study was an attempt to improve academic achievement motivation in English and Arabic courses through multimedia instruction. The population of the study was all male third grade high school students in Sarepolezahab. Through convenient sampling, 20 students were selected and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The instrument which was used to gather the data was Welrend et. al.'s (1991) academic motivation questionnaire. The data was analyzed conducting independent samples T-Test and MANOVA. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups post tests. (p=0.001). Also, the results revealed that there was a significant difference between intrinsic motivation and the subscales of intrinsic motivation to accomplish things (p=0/008), to Know understanding (p=0/006), identical regulation (p=0/010), and amotivation (0=0/001). But, related to intrinsic motivate experience stimulation and external motivation for introjection and external regulation subscales, the difference was not significant. Because of the significant relationship between the studied variables, multimedia method is suggested to promote academic motivation.