Motivation: An asset to exploit in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom with Secondary Education students

Abstract

Over the last decades, motivation in the process of foreign language learning (FLL) has been considered a prior field of research. Motivation is considered one of the most influential variables in the success or failure of the learning process. Therefore, how languages are taught in the foreign language classroom is a key aspect, and without motivation, language learning achievement may not occur. Hence, the current paper presents a motivational teaching proposal for a group of third-grade students of secondary education in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. Students filled out a pre-motivation questionnaire in order to measure their language learning motivation and their classroom learning motivation towards the English subject. The results obtained from the survey have helped to develop a didactic unit to enhance learners' motivation, supported by a general overview of literature focused on motivation and its most relevant theories.