Reza Rezvani - Yasouj University
Askari Bigdeli - Yasouj University

Initially, motivation has been thought and researched as a stable trait where each student carries with them a certain level of motivation to different learning environments. However, recently a more situation-specific and dynamic approach to motivation, i.e. task motivation, receives considerable attention from researchers and educators. In the light of these considerations, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between trait motivation and task motivation in two translation tasks with the same contents but different instructions. To this end, ninety (n=90) undergraduate students majoring in English literature performed the translation tasks. Further, two questionnaires were administered to the participants to gauge their trait motivation and task motivation. A correlational statistical measurement was conducted between the participants’ trait motivation and task motivation. The result indicated that there was no statistically significant correlation between the participants’ trait motivation and task motivation in both translation tasks. The findings can be taken into consideration on the part of teachers in developing and presenting translation tasks, in the sense that they should not assume that the motivation of task participants is solely related to their trait motivation

task motivation, trait motivation, translation teaching