English language students and their motivation to learn the language

Abstract

This research is focused on difficulties that English teachers have with their learners inside the classroom. The theme of this study is about “English language students and their motivation to learn the language”. The principal objective is to find the motivational factors that affect the learning English process. This investigation took place in 5 different classrooms and those were from first to third year of senior high school in two private institutions located in Quito city. There were a hundred of students surveyed between 15 and 18 years old, and also five teachers between 32 to 45 years old and all of them were observed while teaching. These activities were done to determine which motivational factors influence the students´ English learning. This project was developed using the quantitative method, the applied techniques were surveys and note-takings. Furthermore, the instruments used were questionnaires for students and observation sheets to record the teacher´s performance in the class. The collected data was reviewed, analyzed, sorted, described, and interpreted in relation with the literature review. The findings obtained in this research revealed that teacher´s attitude and interactive activities are the factors that need more attention in order to motivate students´ learning English.