UNIT 9 MOTIVATION

UNIT 9 MOTIVATION

Motivation is very important in language learning. It is one of the key factors that helps make language learning successful. We might be interested in aspects of the country’s customs and life style, and see the target language as a key to understanding and becoming part of that culture. Confidence, learner autonomy and sense of achievement are all part of feeling good about learning a language. There are different kinds of motivation that come from inside the learner and from the learner’s environment There are also learners, who are unmotivated or demotivated. Two researchers have suggested there are ten key areas in which the teacher can influence learner’s motivation, and have provided a list of strategies for motivating learners in these areas. Some of these strategies will work better in some learning contexts than others. The teacher can choose from the list the strategies for motivating students that are likely to work best for their learners in their learning context.