Promoting the Learners’Motivation in Learning Chinese as a Second Language:From Demotivation to Motivational Strategies

Motivation is a key factor that influences the outcome of second language(L2)learning.Chinese as a second language(CSL)learners,however,may experience demotivation in their Chinese learning process which will,more often than not,reduce their learning interest and eventually affect their learning effect,therefore,it is necessary to enhance the learners’motivation level.This article first reviews the research literature in motivation in general,then discusses the CSL learners’demotivation in their Chinses learning process studying in China.Finally,it introduces motivational strategies to activate CSL learners’motivation in learning Chinese.

A Review of Research on Second Language Acquisition from a Positive Psychology Perspective

This paper reviews the research on second language acquisition from the perspective of positive psychology.First,it introduces the background and purpose of the study and discusses the significance of the application of positive psychology in the field of language acquisition.Then,the basic theories of positive psychology,including the core concepts and principles of positive psychology,are summarized.Subsequently,the theory of second language acquisition is defined and outlined,including the definition,characteristics,and related developmental theories of second language acquisition.On this basis,the study of second language acquisition from the perspective of positive psychology is discussed in detail.By combing and synthesizing the literature,this paper summarizes the current situation and trend of second language acquisition research under the perspective of positive psychology and puts forward some future research directions and suggestions.

What Motivates Us to Learn as We Grow?——A Research Review on the Relationship between Age and Motivation in Second Language Learning

Motivation is always a dominatant factor in second language learning and teaching. Dornyei once suggested his model of learners' motivation, which is, language learning attitudes and the Ideal L2 self. Certainly, this could bring some research interests to other researchers. In this paper, the author reviews a research carried among the Hungarians, where the research focus is clearly given on the relationship between age and motivation to test Dornyei' s theory and offer a new way to promote learner's motivation in second language learning.

Motivation in Second Language Learning and English Teaching

It is believed that individual learner variables influence learning outcomes.Thevariables have been categorized into cognitive variables,affective variables and personality var-iables.Of affective variables,motivation has been thought to play a most important role in L2learning.Therefore,a further study of motivation can really help a lotin English teaching.Thearticle states the information of motivation and its influence on English language teaching.

ADiscussionon Motivation Factor Influencing Second Language Acquisition

Abstract:Various characteristics can influence students’second language acquisition and language development,which includes age,gender,personality,cognitive ability,motivation,learning strategies and so on.Among all these factors mentioned,motivation factor that is categorized into learner factors affects learner’s learning effect to a great extent.In this paper,motivation characteristic that influences second language learning are discussed.At last,some strategies on the real classroom teaching application are provided after the discussion,which aims at making contribution to the second language teaching process as well as students’language development.

On Cultivating Students’Motivation in Second Language Acquisition

This paper attempts to explore the cultivation of motivation in second language acquisition based on shedding new light on the definition, the importance, and the classification of learners’motivation in second language acquisition.

Motivation——the Major Individual Learner Difference in Second Language Learning

As one of the major individual learner differences in second language learning,motivation is frequently used to account for differential success in learning a foreign language.When comes to the definition of motivation,Ellis(2006:537) primarily defines motivation is "the effort learners were prepared to make to learn a language and their persistence in learning." According to Dornyei(2001a:8) motivation is The choice of a particular action,the persistence with it,the effort expended on it.In other words,motivation is responsible for why people decide to do something,how long they are willing to sustain the activity,how hard they are going to pursue it.

Motivation in Second Language Acquisition

Second language acquisition is a complex process which involves various factors. The factors can be put into two categories: social factors and learner factors. Each category includes a number of factors. The factors such as motivation, age, learning strategies and others such as personality, aptitude are also mutually related. Among all of those factors, motivation plays a very important role in the second language acquisition. In this essay, the author will discuss the key factors that affect the outcome of the process.

Motivation and Second Language Learning

Motivation, which is one of the individual differences, contributes a lot to the success and failure in second language learning. This essay focus on the discussion of the definition, types, effect and implications of motivation in second language learning with the aim of promoting learners'learning proficiency.

A Critical Review of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition Research

As one of the major factors affecting second language learners' success to their acquisition achievement,motivation has been examined in a wide variety of research papers.It is thus instructive to conduct a critical review of both theoretical and empirical developments in SLA research from over the last few decades.This approach will provide a broad,and integrated perspective onto the current understanding of the complextopic of motivation.Such an undertaking is valuable for teachers,and researchers alike,in developing useful teaching methods,and finding futureavenues of SLA motivation research respectively.The following paper provides an overview of recent theoretical and empirical findings,examines some of the problems and contradictions found in current SLA research,and gives an initial departure point for future directions of research in the area of motivation.The paper concludes with a discussion of some of the implications for teachers,and possible classroom strategies that are drawn from the current body of motivation research.

How to Motivate Students in Second Language Writing

Writing competence is considered as the most difficult output ability for an EFL （English as a Foreign Language） learner to master. This paper offers valuable suggestion for second language learners when considering affective variables in Chinese context. Motivation, especially intrinsic motivation plays an increasingly important role in L2 （Second Language） pre-writing, online writing and post-writing processes; besides, with the hope of this awareness it will help teacher to decide greater language learning tasks, and help students achieve better performances in writing.

Integrative and Instrumental Motivational Orientations of English Language Learning

As a key predictor of learners’language achievement,motivation has long been an active research area in second language acquisition.Among assorted theories,Gardner’s perspective is one of the foundations of L2 motivation research and thus has dominated this field for a long time.Do?rnye later put forward the L2 Motivational Self System to reconceptualise Gardner’s notions.The current essay attempts to reflect on the concepts of integrative and instrumental motivational orientations discussed in both Gardner’s and Do?rnyei’s theoretical frameworks in order to gain a subtler understanding of the role of these two notions in L2 motivation.

A Brief Review of Motivation for Second Language Learning

It is an increasingly popular trend in the language field that people become bilingual or even multilingual,which exposes the fact that people are strongly motivated to learn another language in addition to their mother tongue.A large-scale of research has confirmed that motivation,serving as the internal impulse and initiative taste for second language learning,is among on of the key factors in second language acquisition and learning.The paper reviews the recent available literature on motivation of second language learning from both theoretical and empirical perspectives,with the purpose of neatening the important theories and relevant empirical studies in the field of second language motivation.

The Role and Implication of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition(SLA)

Motivation is one of the most important factors that affect foreign language learning.As it is affected by various factors,it becomes very complicated. Therefore, it is of great significance for foreign language teachers to explore how to motivate their students to become autonomous learners based on the overview of motivation studies in foreign language learning. This paper analyzes motivation factors on influencing learners in foreign language learning and explores some suggestions for motivating learner's learning.

A Review of Studies: Technology-mediated Peer Feedback on Learners' Motivation in Second Language Writing Course

Increasing studies are focusing on the efficacy of applying technology in the second language writing course.This paper intends to review studies exploring impacts on learners'motivation by using technology-facilitated peer feedback.

The Effects of Foreign Language Motivation in Second Language Acquisition

Foreign language motivation is regarded as one source of individual differences in second language acquisition. Learning motivation is a dynamic mechanism which gives rise to learning activities. Learners' motivation is a decisive factor for the success of second language acquisition.

Motivation and Exposure in Language Learning

As one might expect, motivational theorists have attempted to explain motivation in different ways. This case study at-tempts to provide relevant evidence for the contribution of motivation in second language learning by looking at the success of Japa-nese study of an adult who learned Japanese at a later age 24, acquiring the target language over a 5-year period characterized bytotal exposure in Japan. The study shows that adult can still be successful to acquire second language if he is exposed to the envi-ronment and has strong motivation, and that the boundary of integrative motivation and instrumental motivation is not necessarilyclear-cut completely.

An Analysis of the Influence of Motivation on Learners’Learning Outcomes Based on the Bilingual Motivational Self-system

With the deepening of the understanding of second language learning, we have made a deeper exploration of the factors that affect the learning effect of learners. Among them, motivation, as the influence factor second only to academic technology, has been widely concerned by scholars at home and abroad. Dörnyei put forward the theory of second-language motivation self-system in 2005;the two-language motivation self-system mainly consists of three components, namely, the ideal two-language self, should be two-language self, and second-language learning experience.

Individual Difference Factors in Second Language Acquisition

This study investigates the role of individual difference factors in second language acquisition among people.These factors include language aptitude and motivation,which are important to expound why some second language learners learn faster and better,if not more successfully than others.This research is reviewed and related to existing aptitude tests,as well as to different types of motivation that are the focus of more recent research in second language learning.

Factors Influencing Second Language Learners' Goal Setting

Goalsetting, as one of the most important meta-cognitive strategies in learning, has gained considerable attention (Bruce,2011). A number of studies have focused on the positive effect of goal setting in sustaining motivation, promoting self-efficacy andfostering autonomy. However, few research seems to examine the factors that influence second language learners’goal setting. Thecurrent study aims to address this gap by investigating the goal setting processes of two postgraduate learners at Tianjin ForeignStudies Universities. Interviews were triangulated to obtain a deep understanding. Findings revealed that motivation, self-efficacy,learning strategy, time management can all have influences on the language learners’goal-setting.