Exploring the Factors that Motivate Secondary School Students to Learn English

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.