HowtoArouseStudentsMotivationinLearningEnglish最新文檔

1、How to Arouse Students Motivation in Learning English Together with myown English learning experience and teaching experience, I find motivation,both intrinsic and extrinsic, plays an important role in English learning.Then how to arouse studen ts motivation in learning English is my top concern.s m

2、otivation intrinsic extrinsiI IntroductionMotivation is an extremely important factor in thesuccessful language learning .The psychological experiments suggest that the stronger the learner smotivation is, the more quickly the learner can learn aforeign language .Most teachers agree that a successfu

3、l language learner is usually highly motivated in learning .What is motivation ？ It consists of internal process which spurs on to satisfy some need .Generally, motivation is the process that arouses, sustains, and regulates human and animal behavior. According to Jeremy Harmer,motivation is some ki

4、nd of internal drive that encourages people to pursue a course of action. And we have two main categories of motivation in educational psychology. Oneis internal motivation, which is concerned with what takesplace in the classroom. From drive to temptation, it is of vital importance in determining a

5、ttitudes towards the language targeted. Factors of physical conditions, teaching methods, the teachers quality and learning process can also affect the interior motivation.The other is external motivation, which is, from temptation to drive, concerned with factors outside the classroom. Factors of i

6、ntegrative motivation and instrumental motivation will affect external motivation .Besides; the students attitudes around him or her also have a strong influence upon the studentsmotivation in English learning It is convincing that motivation plays a vital role in foreign language learning. Theoreti

7、cally, motivation can stimulate learner s enthusiasm; arouse a learner to feel enlivened, provoked or excited. Actually, the students who are positively motivated in learning English have a strong desire to participate actively in language activities ,and they fell full of energy to be engaged in le

8、arning. Indeed, the more the students are integrative motivated in English learning, the more the successful the English teaching is.II Ways to Arouse Stud ents Motivation in Learning English2.1 Set up Intention of LearningThe intention of learning is a decisive factor to influence learning. You can

9、 be clear about what you should learn and how you should learn only if you know what your goal of learn ing is. Students learning motivation can be established through two ways ：2.1.1 Instruction of TeachersTo solve the problems, the teachers should choose teaching method carefully. When preparing t

10、eaching materials and designing classroom activities, teachers should keep in mind what the students need and what they are teaching. For instance, if he is teaching Comprehensive English, he is likely to put more emphasis on reading and writing. To improve students oral English and the ability of e

11、xpression, firstly, the students should read English materials again and again; secondly, the teacher need ask students practice between desk mates; thirdly, by performing it in front of the whole class can cultivate their confidence and discover their potential.We have seen that different factors m

12、ay affect a student s motivation, and a strongly motivated student is in a far better position as a learner than a student who is not motivated. Thus, the teacher should strive to make his class interesting and help students build self?Cconfidence.2.1.2 Reaction System of Students ThemselvesStudents

13、 s learning intention is also influenced by his own reaction system. His final learning intention is directly shaped by his desire to make a thorough inquiry towards the task. For example, when I was a junior middle school student, being as the gave me much pressure, so I worked very hard, especiall

14、y English. I thought, if I could speak a fluent and standard English, I would feel a sense of achievement and satisfaction. These reasons enhanced me to learn it.Day by day, I stacked to learningEnglish allthe time and I ve got a great progress in it.2.2 Praise SuitablyTo praise learners can increas

15、e the intensity of learning motivation. It is a way to strengthen the students learning, which can motivate their sense of self?Crespect and desire to do a better job.Praisingthe students should be suitable in two aspects:2.2.1 Suitable in TimeThat is to say, the effect of timely praise is better th

16、an that of non?Ctimely praise. This is because timely praise takes the advantage of the fresh memory idea just left to make the student produce a further wish to improve his learning. For example, when I was a freshman, my spoken English, teacher, Mart, had an excellent command of a foreign language

17、 and madehis class interesting, so I liked him as well as his class. Every day, I would practice my oral English through reading loudly the content he left us. When he found my spoken English improved, my teacher praised mein his class. I felt a sense of achievement which inspired me to practice my

18、oral English. Comparing with timely praise, the effect of non?Ctimely praise is not so good because the situation of accomplishing the task is getting faint in the student s consciousness after a long time. It may be difficult to stir up students wish ofbeing active.2.2.2 Suitable to Students Charac

19、ters at Their Age Generally speaking, to children of school age in theinitial stage, the effect of a teacher s prais e will bebetter. But to children of school age in the advanced stage, praise of collective public opinion will have a better effect because the collective consciousness of thechildren

20、 at this age has developed. The students who are not self?Cconfident in learning, praise should be more in order to unearth their positive factors in learning. But to students who are too self?Cconfident, their shortcomings should be simultaneously pointed out while praise is granted for them.2.3 Cr

21、eate Conditions for CompetitionCreate conditions for competition aslo helps students strengthen their learning motivation. Holding competition is an effective way to arouse students learning motivation. It has been invariably insisted that competition is one of the effective ways to inspire students

22、, to arouse their initiative and to make them realize that they should overcome difficulties, strive to accomplish a task and get an excellent achievement. Many psychological experiments show, the need of success and self?Cesteem gets more intense, and the interest to learn and the will to overcome

23、difficulties increases moregreatly during the course of competition. Generally speaking, people, especially students, always compare themselves with others in manyways. In the course of study, if there are many competitions, the learning efficiencywill be much higher. My teacher always organized the

24、 small English context which contained the spelling of new words, the proficiency of reading text and the ability ofexpression in English. My classmates all wanted to show themselves, thus they positively participated in it.Therefore, the learning efficiency under the condition of competition is muc

25、h higher than that under the condition of no competition.2.4 Use Feedback of LearningIf a student can get a timely understanding of his own result,?vincluding the right or wrong of the homework and the good or bad of his marks?w,it will strengthen his motivation and push him to get a further study.

26、This is the use of feedback in learning. It is good for a student to be clear about his learning result and decide what he should learn and how he should learn. If the learning result is excellent, he will be encouraged and learn more actively so as to achieve more excellent result. Even if the lear

27、ning result is not so good or merely bad, it is still a good thing for him to be clear about his result so that he can keep sober?Cminded and try his greatest efforts to makeprogress. The learning enthusiasm of a student who knows his learning result will be much higher than that of a student timely

28、 strengthening. When he knows the result and sees hisprogress, his thirst for knowledge is satisfied. Thus, the learning attitudes and ways are strengthened, and the wish to learn much better is stirred up. The same principlehappens when the student sees his shortcomings. His urge for improvement is stimulated and his resolution to overcome shortcomings is established so that he cancontinue to make progress. “ The feedback of learning achievement