Topic > Importance of motivation in the classroom - 547

It is quite common to find references to motivation in our person and in our daily lives simply because it is perhaps impossible to ignore the role of motivation in human affairs; therefore, its significance as one of the main factors affecting learning in EFL classrooms cannot be overlooked either (Dornyei, 2001). When referring to motivation, what people usually think of is a classroom with a teacher and a group of students, and the classroom is facilitated with different lesson plans, activities, etc. to keep students motivated in learning the language. Motivation in the literature offers quite a few definitions. Brown (2007b) argues that motivation is a set of different choices that people make about their goals and efforts to achieve them. According to Nunan (1999), motivation in relation to SLL is a mixture of different efforts put forth by learners and their willingness to achieve a goal which is actually hidden under a language learning effort facilitated by their positive attitudes while they are engaged in language learning. Although classroom practices and the use of motivation...