Abstract:
The present research aims to explore the factors that motivate secondary school
students to learn English. It also aims to figure out to what extent the role of the teacher
is important in motivating third year students to learn English as well as the different
factors that motivate and demotivate them. The researcher adopts a mixed methodology,
which is both qualitative and quantitative using one instrument of collecting data, which
is: questionnaire. The first questionnaire was conducted in a secondary school in the
area of Ain Lechiekh with its teachers and teachers from other secondary schools in the
willaya of Ain Defla; and the second questionnaire was administered to 50 pupils from
Boualem Bendouha Secondary School in Ain Lechiakh. The findings show that third
year secondary school students are motivated to learn English through different factors
(internal and external factors) which boost their motivation to learn. They also foster the
crucial role of the teacher in motivating his learners. Thus, the study confirmed the
hypotheses that say that there are different factors which can motivate third year
secondary school students to learn English and that the role of the teacher is so
important in increasing this motivation to learn.
