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Learner Motivation and Interest

This document discusses different types of learner motivation and the teacher's role in motivation. It describes intrinsic motivation as the desire to learn for its own sake, and extrinsic motivation as the desire to learn for an external reward. It lists some factors that can raise extrinsic motivation, including success and rewards, avoiding failure and penalties, following authoritative demands from teachers, preparing for tests, and competing with others. It raises the question of how much effort teachers put into motivating students, whether deliberately or not.

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Learner Motivation and Interest

This document discusses different types of learner motivation and the teacher's role in motivation. It describes intrinsic motivation as the desire to learn for its own sake, and extrinsic motivation as the desire to learn for an external reward. It lists some factors that can raise extrinsic motivation, including success and rewards, avoiding failure and penalties, following authoritative demands from teachers, preparing for tests, and competing with others. It raises the question of how much effort teachers put into motivating students, whether deliberately or not.

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LEARNER MOTIVATION AND INTEREST LEARNER MOTIVATION AND INTEREST

Motivation in language learning (compared to language aptitude) is ver


important !!!
Some people are motivated " #anting to integrate into t$e target%language
culture (integrative motivation)& some " needing t$e language 'or t$eir
career or ot$er personal advantages (instrumental motivation)(
T$e urge to engage in learning activit 'or its o#n sa)e (*intrinsic
motivation) is distinguis$a"le 'rom t$e urge to learn 'or t$e sa)e o' some
e+ternal re#ard, (*extrinsic motivation),
THE TEACHERS RESPONSIBILITY
T$e -uestion is.
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
SUCCESS AND ITS REWARDS / T$is is per$aps t$e single most important
'eature in raising e+trinsic motivation, Learners #$o $ave succeeded in past
tas)s #ill "e more #illing to emplo #it$ t$e ne+t one& more con0dent in t$eir
c$ances o' succeeding& and more li)el to persevere in t$eir e1orts,
FAILURE AND ITS PENALTIES / 2ailure in an sense is generall regarded as
somet$ing to "e avoided& 3ust as success is somet$ing to "e soug$t,
AUTHORITATIVE DEMANDS / Learners are o'ten motivated " teac$er
pressure. t$e ma "e #illing to invest e1ort in tas)s simpl "ecause t$eir
teac$er as)ed t$em to& recogni4ing t$eir aut$orit and rig$t to ma)e t$is
demand& and trusting t$eir 3udgement,
TESTS / T$e motivating po#er o' tests appears clear. students #$o )no# t$e
are going to "e tested on speci0c lessons #ill normall "e more motivated to
stud to get a good note,
COMPETITION / Students #ill o'ten "e motivated to give o' t$eir "est not 'or
t$e sa)e o' t$e learning itsel' "ut in order to "eat t$eir opponents in a
competition,
5o# muc$ e1ort does a teac$er put in motivating
students to learn& #$et$er deli"eratel or not6

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