调查分析高一学生英语学习(1)(2)
2014-12-10 01:44
导读：In this situation, the author has investigated the English learning psychology of Senior Grade 1 students in No.7 middle school of Quanzhou. The number of the students who are investigated is 200. Amo
In this situation, the author has investigated the English learning psychology of Senior Grade 1 students in No.7 middle school of Quanzhou. The number of the students who are investigated is 200. Among them, there are 100 boys and 100 girls. After the investigation, the author analyzes the investigation results from the following aspects: personal factors and social factors.2. Personal factors
2.1 Motivation and attitude
2.1.1 Motivation
“Motivation is a term used to refer to some kind of driving force, either internal or external in human beings. In psychology, motivation consists of internal processes which spur us on to satisfy some need.”[1]
“Motivation in foreign language learning may be thought of as the incentive, the need, or the desire that the learner feels to learn the foreign language.”[2]
“In English learning, as in every other field of human learning, motivation is the crucial force that determines whether a learner embarks on a task at all, how much energy he devotes to it, and how long he perseveres.”[3]
If the students in Senior Grade 1 can study English with adequate motivation, they may produce positive effect on English learning result and pave the way for their future English learning in senior high school.
In the questionnaire of the investigation, question 3 is concerned with the students' motivation of learning English. The result is presented in table 1-1:
Table 1-1: the students’ motivation of learning English
For interestFor college entrance examinationFor jobothers
Percentage10
