Motivationis a term both teachers and learners talk about most when they refer to language learning success or failure ( D?rnyei,2001) since there is a strong co-relationship between motivation and language learning (...Motivationis a term both teachers and learners talk about most when they refer to language learning success or failure ( D?rnyei,2001) since there is a strong co-relationship between motivation and language learning ( Horwitz,2013) . Although re-search and theories on the importance and types of motivation are productive, educators still feel having little guidance on how to mo-tivate their students in schooling ( Shernoff,2013) . Here, I would like to introduce some motivational teaching practices, such as providing authentic learning opportunities, fostering student autonomy and creating an emotionally supportive environment, to our language teachers who wish to create engaging learning experiences for ESOL or EFL learners.展开更多
This research intends to examine the potential factors that influence the motivation-intrinsic or extrinsic-of freshmen in junior middle schools,hoping to find some effective strategies to motivate them to learn and p...This research intends to examine the potential factors that influence the motivation-intrinsic or extrinsic-of freshmen in junior middle schools,hoping to find some effective strategies to motivate them to learn and promote their autonomy in learning English.Data were collected from 204 students randomly selected from an experimental class by using closed-ended questionnaires.The qualitative results were derived from classroom observations and interviews with five primary school teachers and two junior middle school teachers.The findings provide evidence on the factors that might influence students’motivation;meanwhile,intrinsic motivation and autonomy can be boosted with the full-scale implementation of several effective motivational strategies.展开更多
文摘Motivationis a term both teachers and learners talk about most when they refer to language learning success or failure ( D?rnyei,2001) since there is a strong co-relationship between motivation and language learning ( Horwitz,2013) . Although re-search and theories on the importance and types of motivation are productive, educators still feel having little guidance on how to mo-tivate their students in schooling ( Shernoff,2013) . Here, I would like to introduce some motivational teaching practices, such as providing authentic learning opportunities, fostering student autonomy and creating an emotionally supportive environment, to our language teachers who wish to create engaging learning experiences for ESOL or EFL learners.
文摘This research intends to examine the potential factors that influence the motivation-intrinsic or extrinsic-of freshmen in junior middle schools,hoping to find some effective strategies to motivate them to learn and promote their autonomy in learning English.Data were collected from 204 students randomly selected from an experimental class by using closed-ended questionnaires.The qualitative results were derived from classroom observations and interviews with five primary school teachers and two junior middle school teachers.The findings provide evidence on the factors that might influence students’motivation;meanwhile,intrinsic motivation and autonomy can be boosted with the full-scale implementation of several effective motivational strategies.
