The Role of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition: A review

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10.2991/assehr.k.211120.115How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Motivation; Second language acquisition; theories

Abstract

This article reviews the role of motivation in second language acquisition. It’s well established that motivation is one of the factors affecting learners in learning a second language. By explaining motivation and varying aspects of motivation including attitudes, goals, environment, and other variables, the theories of how motivation affects second language acquisition, Gardner’s motivation theory, Socio-Educational Model, and the Process-oriented Model, have demonstrated the significant role of motivation in second language acquisition. Additionally, this article explores the consideration of current studies and data on the role of motivation in second language acquisition. The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery, Integrative Motivation Study, and Socio Educational Study: Turkey context, presenting the results that learners who have positive motivation are more successful in learning a second language than those who don’t have a positive motivation, and indicating the importance of motivation second language acquisition in current days.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jingyi Ai
AU  - Yujie Pan
AU  - Wenjia Zhong
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - The Role of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition: A review
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 623
EP  - 627
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.115
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.115
ID  - Ai2021
ER  -