The Effects of Motivational Strategies on Esl Student’s Motivation

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TOPIC “The effects of Motivational Strategies on ESL student’s motivation”

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Outline of the study
The core of the motivation is rooted in concept of passion which in turn is is connected to the
intrinsic goals of a person as well as desires. This study highlights the review of literature
regarding the effects of the motivational strategies over the motivation of ESL student. The
successful English language learning is connected to the passion of the learners. It is important
for the instructors to find the ways for connecting to the passion. The ESL learners require
quality input, instructions as well as opportunities for making progress and also for the
maintenance of the motivation for learning the English language. The learners require quality
input, instructions as well as opportunities if they are to feel motivated for learning English. The
existence of anxious classroom environment together with learner centered environment tends to
have major impact over the acquisition of language. This study will undertake a review of
literature that will demonstrate an understanding of the stated topic with respect to acquisition of
second language. The study will include an introduction with the definition of the topic,
establishment of rationale of the topic and scope of the review of literature. This will be followed
by critical discussion of the literature including a section on theoretical background and review
of four empirical studies in details.. A discussion section that includes synthesis of the reviewed
studies will be provided followed by conclusion, implications of motivational research strategies
and suggestions for future research.
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Introduction
Motivation strategies can be illustrated by key factors that explain the growth and the success or
the failure regarding any of the difficult activity (Han & Yin, 2016). The study of the second
language acquisition is a topic of considerable debate that has been rapidly expanding within the
field of humanities (Lardiere, 2017). Few challenges have been noticed by the researchers
regarding the non-primary languages and the role of motivation towards it. . There is a consensus
regarding the motivation of second language which is related to achievement and it is understood
that the motivation of the second language is the key driving force enabling the learners to
expend the sustained efforts required in learning the language (Ng and Ng, 2015).
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The teaching of English as a foreign language is often seen to be difficult to do largely because
of the fact that authentic language inputs are not available outside the classroom. The motivation
of the language learner is often required to be high determination and persistence is needed for
dealing with the stress related to second language. According to Cave et al. (2017) motivational
strategies represents one of the most appealing and also the most complex variables that are used
for the explanation of differences during the learning of any language . The acquisition of the
second language research regards motivation as one of the essential predictors of success
regarding English as second language learning (Orío, 2016). Numerous research studies have
proposed several strategies for sustaining and promoting learner motivation during language
classes (Moeller and Catalano, 2015). It has often been stated that success in tasks occurs due to
motivation . When it comes to learning English as second language, it is easy to state that
learners experience success using the correct techniques and the strategies of motivation, as
guided by the teachers (Psaltou-Joycey et al., 2017). However these claims as supported by
research studies and experiment in the human learning have never offered any detailed
understanding regarding the role of the motivational strategies and the importance of motivation
towards motivating and generating positive performance from the second language learners.
The thesis statement of this literature review states that the effects of motivational strategies
over the motivation of the learners of English as second language. The context for the analysis of
this literature review paper is to determine the importance of the motivational strategies and the
effect of motivational intervention concerning the achievement of the ESL learners. This paper
reviews the findings of empirical studies together with other articles collected from secondary
sources for investigating the impacts of the motivational strategies on the motivation and the
achievement of ESL learners in universities of United Kingdom.
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Rationale of the research
The success of any of the action regarding learning depends on the extent to which an individual
tries to achieve their goal together with the desires to do (Alfaki, 2015). This is inclusive of the
psychological factors and the impulse which generates the action as the context of motivation.
The ESL learners are specifically those migrating to the country from other non-English
speaking countries. The need for learning English has been a e compulsory factor for these ESL
learners in United Kingdom (Liu, 2015). The rationale of the literature review projects the
importance of the ESL learning among university students and talks about how motivation can
play a role in influencing students to learn the English language. Motivation provides the
learners with the direction and the aim to learn English. Several studies has pointed out
motivation as one of the primary factors behind the performance and the motivated outcomes of
the ESL learners (Bailey & Phillips, 2016). However none of the research studies has mentioned
any specific motivational techniques or teaching strategies that will be helpful for the ESL
learners (Hasannejad, Zoghi & Asl, 2017). The rationale of this literature review is to ritically
analyse the strategies and the effect of the motivational strategies, furthermore highlighting the
importance of motivation towards ESL learner’s achievement and motivation to learn and
perform.
Research aim and objectives
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The word motivation defines the forces that accounts for the selection, arousal and the direction
of behavioral continuation. It is the key challenge among the learners of English as second
language (ESL)( Bailey & Phillips, 2016). This literature review highlights the aim of the
research furthermore summarizing the aim of the objectives of the research study as follows.
To understand and appreciate the role and the importance of motivation in ESL learning
To identify the strategies of motivation that influences the motivation of the ESL learners
towards learning
To understand the relation among motivational teaching techniques and achievement of ESL
learners
To recommend measures for improving the motivation of the ESL learners.
Research questions
The following are the research questions that have been derived from the aim and the objective
of the research.
What is the appropriate role of motivation in ESL learning?
How motivation plays an important role to motivate the ESL learners?
What are the techniques and the strategies of motivation which are beneficial for influencing the
motivation among ESL learners towards learning?
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