“Motivation in Learning English as a Second Language: A Literature Review” is a theoretical article written by Naghmeh Babaee in Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education issued in 2012. This paper first introduces historical perspectives on motivation in leaning second language to give the readers some basic knowledge of how the study of motivation started, and then moves on to the main part of this paper, which is literature review. After that, it talks about the application as evidence to
examination of Saudi students’ motivation to learn English and its relationship with their performance. By Reem Rashed Alharby A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of a master in TESOL UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Table of Content: 1. Introduction: 1.1. Context of the study. 1.2. Statement of the problem. 1.3. Research Questions. 1.4. Limitation of the study. 1.5. Organization of the study. 2. Literature Review: 2.1. Language learning motivation theories: 2.1.1. Gardner's
Literature Review 1. Motivation Motivation for learning second language (L2) is an important factor to make the learners learn language more effectively. Also, how teachers teach language by understanding the students’ motivation and effect for language acquisition changes students’ motivation for the class. There are some terms of motivation, and they are related to the personal goals and wishes which is the purpose of learning languages.Carroll (1981) mentioned different types of motivation which
study entitled: "Motivation: Literature Review." The researcher states that motivation varies within individuals across subject areas, and this increases with age. Moreover, the rewards, depending on the type of reward, may either diminish or encourage motivation. The researcher encourages that the students have to be allowed move their choices and to use collaborative learning approaches. The outcomes of Lai's study fulfilled the purpose of explaining the way in which the motivation has been defined
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction Researches prove that vocational high school students have difficulties on the process of learning English. Learners need to develop and use various learning strategies in order to both deal with such difficulties and make learning efficient. It is not easy to listing some specific factors which influence motivation and the effects of motivation on the process of learning English. Also it is not very clear how motivation affects the choice and use of learning
used language not only in daily conversation, but also we used language in education. Now-a-days English become an international language, in the world many people used it as a communication means. Because of that now English, become second language for many people in the world. In English language development there is four main skills like reading, writing, listening and speaking. For any language vocabulary is the most important element. Vocabulary is one of the important elements of language proficiency
A literature review is a type of academic paper that examines already published information related to a specific subject. A literature review allows individuals to improve their understanding and demonstrate their knowledge of a topic. It can evaluate and point out the most pertinent information to the reader. Furthermore, it is also a way for the author to bring the reader up to date with the current information on the topic at hand. Literature reviews summarize a variety of information that has
Chapter 2 Literature Review This chapter provides a review of the literature that is relevant to the study. This includes the concepts of attitudes and a review of the related studies. Attitude 1) Definitions of Attitude In early work on attitude, Allport (1935) claimed that attitude was the most indispensable concept in psychology, and it has been a core concept in sociolinguistics since Labov’s (1966) seminal work on the social stratification of speech communities, and how language change is influenced
parents, peers and teachers in influencing students to learn English have generated so much attention among scholars over the years. However, very few empirical research have been carried out to determine the effect of each motivational component on students’ motivational intensity which is a parameter to measure the level of effort students’ exert on English language learning. The aim of this paper is to investigate the level of motivation and support students’ receive from each human factor and how
Language learners ' attitude has been considered one of the important variables which influence second and foreign language acquisition. Ellis (1994), for example, identifies it as one of the personal variables which could have a positive or negative influence on the process of language acquisition. Krashen (1982), further argues that negative attitude could contribute to raising the learners ' affective filter, hence slowing down the language acquisition process. Attitude, hence, is a multidimensional