Invetigatining the Impact of Valuing Grades over Learning on EFL students

Abstract

Enhancing students’ academic engagement is the key element of the educational process ; hence , research in this area has focused only on understanding the mechanisms that can be used to increase students’ motivation to learn .Therefore, we attempt through this research paper to reveal more facts about students’ motivation, starting with investigating students’ opinions about learning and the grades in terms of what is more valued and constructive.To this end , we have designed a questionnaire for L3 english students, and an interview for L3 english teachers at the university of Abd Elhamid Ibn Badis ,in order to capture their views and collect valid and credible data.We have further found that students value grades ore than knowledge for many reasons which has affected in return their motivation to learn.