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1、1.IntroductionTherearemanyfactorsthataffectforeignlanguagelearning,suchasage,motivationattitude,personalityintelligenceandaptitude,ofwhichmotivationisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantfactorstoforeignlanguagelearning.Motivationissoimportantthatmanyforeig
2、nlanguageresearchershavebeenresearchingonitinthelasttheredecades.RobertcarderCanadianpsychologistisoneoftheearliestrepresentativeresearchers.Gardnerandhiscolleaguesandstudentswentoninvestigatingmotivationasamajorattributeinforeignlanguage.GuiSchichun.AChi
3、nesefamouslinguistalsoarguesthatmotivationisoneofthemostimportantsocio-psychologicalfactorstoforeignlanguage.ChinahasthelargestnumberoflearnersofEnglishasaforeignlanguageintheworld;theiraimsvaryfrompersontoperson.It’snecessaryandmeaningfultoconductaresear
4、chintothem.Infact,learnersshouldknowwhytheystudythelanguage.Thatistosay,theyshouldunderstandwhattheirrealmotivationis.Ofcourse,itisalsoimportantfortheteacherstounderstandthemotivationsofstudents.JustasOxfordsays:“incaseteachersdonotknowthemotivationsofstu
5、dentsatall.Howdotheytriggertheirstudents?”,nevertheless,Englishteachersrarelypayanyattentiontotheirstudents’motivationinEnglishlearning.Inourcountry,manyforeignlanguageteachersevendonotknowwhatmotivationis,letaloneknowinghowtocultivatethemotivationoftheir
6、students.Sothispaperwillexploreanddiscussthecultivationofmotivationinforeignlanguagelearning23intermsofthedefinitionofmotivation,theimportanceofmotivationinforeignlanguagelearning,andhowtocultivatelearners’motivationinforeignlanguagelearning.2.LiteratureR
7、eview2.1.DefinitionofmotivationTherehasbeenaconsiderableamountofresearchconductedonmotivationinthelastfewdecades.However,therehasbeenlackofaconsensuswithregardtoitsexactmeaning,andthetermhascometobeusedindifferentwaysbydifferentpeople.Althoughscholarsadmi
8、ttheimportanceofmotivationinlanguagelearning,sofar,therehasbeennogeneralagreementonthedefinitionofmotivation.ConceptsofMotivationinGeneralSenseWallsaysthat“motivationisperhapsthemostobscureanddifficultofalltheoretic
