Studies on motivation of foreign language learning

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1、1.IntroductionTherearemanyfactorsthataffectforeignlanguagelearning,suchasage,motivationattitude,personalityintelligenceandaptitude,ofwhichmotivationisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantfactorstoforeignlanguagelearning.Motivationissoimportantthatmanyforeignlanguageresearchershavebeenresearchingoniti

2、nthelasttheredecades.RobertcarderCanadianpsychologistisoneoftheearliestrepresentativeresearchers.Gardnerandhiscolleaguesandstudentswentoninvestigatingmotivationasamajorattributeinforeignlanguage.GuiSchichun.AChinesefamouslinguistalsoarguesthatmotivationisoneofthemostimportantsocio-psychologicalfact

3、orstoforeignlanguage.ChinahasthelargestnumberoflearnersofEnglishasaforeignlanguageintheworld;theiraimsvaryfrompersontoperson.It’snecessaryandmeaningfultoconductaresearchintothem.Infact,learnersshouldknowwhytheystudythelanguage.Thatistosay,theyshouldunderstandwhattheirrealmotivationis.Ofcourse,itisa

4、lsoimportantfortheteacherstounderstandthemotivationsofstudents.JustasOxfordsays:“incaseteachersdonotknowthemotivationsofstudentsatall.Howdotheytriggertheirstudents?”,nevertheless,Englishteachersrarelypayanyattentiontotheirstudents’motivationinEnglishlearning.Inourcountry,manyforeignlanguageteachers

5、evendonotknowwhatmotivationis,letaloneknowinghowtocultivatethemotivationoftheirstudents.Sothispaperwillexploreanddiscussthecultivationofmotivationinforeignlanguagelearningintermsofthedefinitionofmotivation,theimportanceofmotivationinforeignlanguagelearning,andhowtocultivatelearners’motivationinfore

6、ignlanguagelearning.2.LiteratureReview2.1.DefinitionofmotivationTherehasbeenaconsiderableamountofresearchconductedonmotivationinthelastfewdecades.However,therehasbeenlackofaconsensuswithregardtoitsexactmeaning,andthetermhascometobeusedindifferentwaysbydifferentpeople.Althoughscholarsadmittheimporta

7、nceofmotivationinlanguagelearning,sofar,therehasbeennogeneralagreementonthedefinitionofmotivation.ConceptsofMotivationinGeneralSenseWallsaysthat“motivationisperhapsthemostobscureanddifficultofalltheoretical