The
Function of Motivation
Language learning cannot be
separated from the socio economic milieu
of which students. are
a part. It
influences students’ motivation towards
their learning in
second or foreign language contexts.
In terms of
English language, the motivation
issue has been discussed by
scholars in second/foreign language contexts.
Based on Anjomshoa and Sadighi (2015: 130) motivation is an issue
worthy of investigation because it seems implicated in how successful language
learners are. And motivation is the answer that researchers and teachers
provide when regarding to efficient language learning. For decades, studies in this
area have been principally concerned with describing, measuring and classifying
it is role in theoretical models of the language learning process. Without
sufficient motivation, even individuals with the most remarkable abilities
cannot accomplish long term goals, and neither are appropriate curricula and
good teaching enough on their own to ensure students achievement.
Fontecha (2014: 24) the
relationship between motivation and foreign language learning has been extensively
investigated. Motivation towards language learning is the desire to achieve a
language by means of effort, want or desire, and also affect or attitude. They
refer to orientations, understood as the ultimate goals or reasons behind
learning a foreign language. Two types of orientations are found: integrative
orientation or learners’ willingness to learn the language so as to become part
of the target language community, and instrumental orientation, i.e. learners’
desire to command the foreign language for external reasons. Later models of
motivation have postulated other constructs
