![]() Vol. VI No. 1 March 1994
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Ten "motivational" suggestions for the second language teacher
The previous suggestions had their origins in adult second language
learner insights into motivation. The following are a few examples of
these learner accounts:
"The fact that we have excellent instructors who are smart, caring and
enthused and have a good sense of humour, greatly affects my motivation."
"There are definitely those days when you feel you have accomplished
something and you have done more than you thought you could. Probably
that is what keeps you going. That is motivation."
"That's why I thought it was so important to participate in discussions...
when you see that blank 'do I have to be here' look, they lose it when
they get involved because they have some ownership into the subject matter.
They have a share in it."
"Motivation is not only important because it is a necessary causal
factor of learning but because it mediates learning and is a consequence
of learning as well. (Wlodkowski, 1985)
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