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Motivational Factors In The Teaching- Learning Process Of English As A Foreign Language In 8th – Grade Students Of Ricaurte Public School In Bogotá, Paula Daniela Galvis Barrera Jan 2022

Motivational Factors In The Teaching- Learning Process Of English As A Foreign Language In 8th – Grade Students Of Ricaurte Public School In Bogotá, Paula Daniela Galvis Barrera

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

The growing interest in EFL around the world has required learning opportunities that engage and maintain the motivation of students to learn English. This article aims to provide an analysis of the level of motivation, the motivational orientations that students experience, and explain the motivational factors that influence student motivation, these are relevant factors according to Dörnyei (2003) and Gardner (2010; 2009). The research has an explanatory approach within qualitative methodology, the analysis data phase is developed by applying the Likert scale questionnaire and its subsequent analysis by descriptive statistics using the SPSS software. Also, analysis data phase includes content …


An Effective Method Of Teaching English: A Handbook For English Teachers In China, Zichen Cai May 2020

An Effective Method Of Teaching English: A Handbook For English Teachers In China, Zichen Cai

Master's Projects and Capstones

Along with the significance of learning English has been emphasized by Chinese government for more than thirty years, more and more Westerns who mostly came from the U.S and England were welcomed to teach English in China. However, most of them are not qualified to teach, and they are not well-prepared before teaching according to author’s observation, which make students lose their interest in learning English eventually. Moreover, these foreign ESL teachers follow the activities and exercises in the textbook step by step while teaching, which is very dull and monotonous. In the literature review, the factors that might influence …