摘要：Due to the development of English as an international language and dominance of
fever of it, researchers were interested in the influential factors in learning English
as a foreign or second language, and their relationship with English learning, such
as; gender, different kinds of identity, religion, and etc. However, there are few
studies on the relationship between sociocultural identity and EFL learning. This
study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian learners’ sociocultural
identity and their EFL learning. In this correlational study, 360 intermediate and
advanced English students from four institutes in Zanjan Province, Iran, were
selected based on the cluster sampling method. The Oxford Quick Placement Test
was used to check the EFL learning proficiency and make homogeneous groups.
Aspects of Identity Questionnaire Cheek (2013) was utilized to check the level of
learners’ sociocultural identity. The normality of data was checked based on
Skewness and Kurtosis normal test, therefore, Pearson Correlation Coefficient was
applied in this study. The result has indicated that there was a negative significant
(-678) relationship between learners’ sociocultural identity and their EFL learning.
This finding will be beneficial for syllabus designers, language learners, their
parents, and language teachers.
关键词：EFL learning proficiency; identity; language learning; sociocultural identity;
English language
