Low Motivation to Learn English Language Elementary Students The cause of low motivation to learn English language elementary students is as follows. 1. The presumption that English is a complicated and difficult language. Most students consider English difficult and complicated, especially for beginners. If the submission of English material is less interesting, students will find it difficult to follow the learning from the teacher. 2. Students lack sympathy for teachers who teach English. In this
century learning English as second language have became a significant aim of most people globally with different thoughts,situations ,culture and personality . According to previous studies there are two main kinds of motivation : Integrative and Instrumental . In this research we are going to investigate the motives of university Saudi students to learn English in Saudi Arabia . A questionnaire have given to a group of them with different majors and gender to select the most four motivation to learn
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education King Faisal University Graduation Project First Draft Motivations of Learning English as a Second Language in Fortieth High School in Riyadh City Name: Ebtesam Zayed Al-Zahrani Academic Number: 212597671 Under the supervision of: Dr. Zahraa Elshahat Table of Content Page Number Section 3 Abstract 3 Introduction 3,4,5 Literature Review 5 Significance of Research 5 Research Questions 6 Research Methodology 6 Ethical Considerations
2.1 Motivation Motivation is one of the most important factors for learning a foreign/second language (L2). Ellis (1994) mentioned that motivation is the factor for what learners feel the need to learn language (p.715). Dörnyei and Ushioda (2011) mentioned that second language motivation is an important factor for learning any additional language. They also mentioned that in any field of knowledge, motivation is an important factor. They emphasized on practical aspects of learning language than
1.1 Background and Motivation of the Study English has been a compulsory subject in Korea since 1997. Reading is one of the important skills for learning English, however, there are many students who struggle with it. Some lack interest and others simply have difficulties understanding the text. Reading motivation and comprehension are the factors that should be considered, as various studies (Baker & Wigfied, 1999; Guthrie, Wigfield, Metsala & Cox, 1999; Taboada, Tonks, Wigfield, & Guthrie, 2009;
English has become the basic need of this era. For good reputation and status in educational society and economical market it is essential to have command on English. But it looks dream when we drop in on our educational institute and its learners especially learners of secondary level. At this level they are unable to comprehend English as they should according to their educational standard. There may be many reasons for their intelligibility. Therefore, the researcher has attempted to make an intensive
conducive learning environment are required in this essay, and which are also related the interrelated theories and literature of classroom teaching. (A) Analyzing the factors of student misbehaviors - Losing the motivation of studying As we can see that there were some students of Miss Chang, who were not good at English
(1998), both teachers and researchers referred to motivation as one of the salient factors that affect the rate and success of second/foreign language learning. Motivation refers to the desire that starts learning in the first place and keeps it on during the difficult situations. Motivation can even make up for an aptitude deficiency. Accounting for a great deal of variability among individuals, Gardner and Lambert (1972) found that, aptitude motivation is actually more important than the effects of
chapter I am interested in. In this chapter, there are many main points. Firstly, I know the meaning of some words such as second language learning, acquisition and learning as well as I know that there are many barriers when we learn the second language. Secondly, the chapter helps me understand and know some factords which affect the second language learning. They are students’ embarrassment, dull textbooks, unpleasant classroom surrounding, an exhausting schedule of study and so on. Especially
think that game can help students to facilitate them in learning process? Is it a crucial thing to use game as a media to teaching English? Sometimes, games which provide fun activities can be an appropriate choice to teach English in school. According to Martinson and Chu (2008), “Games are effective tools for language learning because they offer students a hypothetical environment. There are numerous games which can be implementing in learning activities and each of games divided to improve a certain