Motivation：Findings in SLA and The Application in TEFL of China

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1、Motivation：FindingsinSLAandTheApplicationinTEFLofChina　　Abstract：ObservingthefactthatdocumentationconcerningtheapplicationoffindinginSLAtoteachingisnotcommensuratewiththesignificanceofitincurrentChina’sEnglishTeachingasaForeignLanguage（henceforthTEFL），thisthesisendeavorstoarousefurtheri

2、nterestsinthisissuethroughelaborateddocumentationwiththeapplicationofsubstantivefindingsonmotivationinSLAandTEFL.　　KeyWords：motivationSLAapplicationinTEFLofChinanecessityandpossibilityoftheapplication　　1.Introduction　　Inthepastseveralyears，theemphasisofresearchesonlanguageteachingandlea

3、rninghasshiftfromtheconcerning“howtoteach”to“howtolearn”（KeithJohnson2000：F24）TheshiftofemphasisdosenotfollowtheprevalentmisleadingsyllogismthatSLAandteachingareseparated.Peoplehaveendeavoredtounveiltheveiloverteachingalanguagelargelybyansweringtheinquiryofhowtoteachforthousandofyears，（

4、RichardsandRodgers2000：1-13）.Withtheresolutiontoexplainthisbewilderingfact3tobenefittheteaching，agroupofscholarsinlinguisticsbegantoexploretheacquisitionoflanguagein1970’s，whichestablishedthebranchofappliedlinguistics：SLA.Thus，theinitialgoalofSLAistoservetheteaching.Therefore，SLAandteac

5、hingalanguageareindispensable，thenecessityoftheapplicationofSLAtheoreticalfindingtoteaching.　　ThisthesisendeavorstodemonstratethefactSLAandteachingareindispensablethroughthedocumentationpertainingSLAfindingsonmotivationandapplicationofthesefindinginChina’sEnglishteaching.Toabidebythepri

6、ncipleofunbiasedlanguageCaroleSlade2000：48），thepersonalpronounsinthisthesisthatareindefiniteareusedinturn，eitherfeminineormasculine.　　2.ResearchesonMotivationandSubstantiveFindings　　ThecurrentdatashowsthatGardnerandLambertareconsistentlyascribedastheinitiatorsintheresearchesonmotivation

7、.Theirmainclaimsareasfollows：　　2、Motivationfallsintotwochiefcategories：integrativemotivationandinstrumentalmotivation.　　（2）Anintegrativemotivationisgenerallysuperiortoaninstrumentalmotivation，intermsoftheirrespectivecontributiontolanguagelearningsuccess，whichisclaimedbyPhilippi