1. What is motivation? Motivation has been identified as the learners orientation with regard to the goal of learning a foreign language (crooks&schmidt, 1991).
2. Why is motivation important in learning process?
Motivatio is important in learning process because motivation is one of a number of variables in an intricate model of interrelated individual and situational factors which are unique to each language learners.
3. How many kind of motivation? And mention the characteristic of each
kind of motivation! - integrative motivation: - Like the people that speak the language. - Admire the culture of that language. - Have a desire to become familiar with the society which the language is used or even integrate into the society in which the language is used. - Instrumental motivation: - Have a desire to obtain something practical or concrete from the stdy of the foreign language.
4. How can the teacher motivate learners and suggestions?
Dornyel in Nation (2010) Addresses the question of how teachers can motivate learners and suggests that motivational teaching practice has four principle aspects: - Creating basic motivational condition - Generating initial student motivation - Mantaining and promoting motivation, and - Encouraging positive retrospective self-evaluation
5. Mention the characteristic of the four principals aspect in motivating the
learners! And give example! Here are the characteristic: Creating the basic motivational condition: - Appropriate teachers behaviours - A pleasant and supportive atmosphere in the classroom - A cohesive learner group with appropriate group norm Generating initial student motivation: - Enchancig the learners L2 related value and attitude - Increasing the learners expectancy of success - Making the teaching materials relevant for the learners - Creating realistic learners beliefs Maintaining and promoting motivation: - Making learning stimulating - Presenting task in motivational way - Setting specific learner goal - Protecting the learners self-esteem and increasing their self- confidence - Allowing the earners to maintain a positive social image - Creating learner autonomy - Promoting self-motivating strategies - Promoting cooperation among learners Encouraging positive retrospective self-evaluation: - Promoting motivational attribution - Providing motivational feed back - Increasing lerners satisfaction - Offering rewards and grade in a motivating manner
Example: in a classroom when the teacher set up small group in which
each member has a clearly defined role (creating motivational condition). The groups are given a task with a desire outcome, which the learners can expect to achieve through working together (genereting initial motivation). This, in turn promote co-operation among learners and make learning simulating and enjoyable (mainaining and protecting motivation). The teachers move among the groups, offering advice and encouragement as the work towards the goal, and the learners experience, feeling of satisfaction when they cmplete the task (encouraging positive retrospective self-evlution). 6. What is the key component of integrative motivation? The key component of integrative motivation is assisting the learner to develop some level of proficiency in the language.
7. Which kind of motivation usually more highly motivated and more
successful in learn language ? The motivation that highly motivated and more successful in learn language is Integrative motivation.
8. Mention the characterstic of creating the basic motivational conditions
and guessing initial motivation!
Creating the basic motivational condition: - Appropriate teachers behaviours - A pleasant and supportive atmosphere in the classroom - A cohesive learner group with appropriate group norm Generating initial student motivation: - Enchancig the learners L2 related value and attitude - Increasing the learners expectancy of success - Making the teaching materials relevant for the learners - Creating realistic learners beliefs
9. What are the effort of the student in guessing initial motivation?
The student efforts are working on a task that has been given by the teacher and the students should working in group.
10.How can the student maintining and protecting motivation?
- Making learning stimulating - Presenting task in motivational way - Setting specific learner goal - Protecting self-esteem and increasing self-confidence - Maintain a positive social image - Creating learner autonomy - Promoting self-motivating strategies - Promoting cooperation among learners