The Effects of Demotivational Factors on Kurdish University Students: Educational, Social, and Psychological Cases

It is obvious that motivation is a key role to help learners in any field continues learning process; since the case in language is more sensitive even. In the current paper, the researcher attempts to identify the influence of demotivation on Kurdish university students; later, factors like education, society, and psychology will be the focal point. Moreover, the numeric data of the study demonstrate that Kurdish students are demotivated and the result influenced their language learning both directly and indirectly. Additionally, the data also confirms that teachers, feedbacks, families, and previous background knowledge regarding the language play a central role in decreasing the students' interest for the language. The research was conducted on 32 university students of Charmo University. The data shows that the demotivational factors for Kurdish, mainly, are regarding their lack of confidence in English, feeling shy, and sense of embarrassment due to lack of self-trust. The reason(s) behind their demotivations may alter from one student to another; however, essentially, it is to do with the curriculum design and society. It is obvious that the students are governed based on compulsory rules of learning and they are taught in a theoretical regulated environment. In addition, the English language is an unwelcome language in the society. For the above-mentioned factors, it is not a miracle that Kurdish students cannot grasp a lot about the language. Finally, the paper provides further suggestions to ease the case and make the language more preferable to be learned.