External Factors Affecting L2 Motivation among Intermediate ESL Learner’s in Pakistan (Sindh): The Role of Teacher

Abstract

Motivation is the key to successful language learning as it serves as stimuli to initiate the language learning process. Motivation is a complex phenomenon that is affected by a number of factors. These factors are classified into two broad categories i.e. external factors and internal factors. The current research aims to examine the external factors related to the role of a teacher in motivating the students. The research was carried out in Sindh province of Pakistan in Hyderabad district at a Girls college. The participants of the study were 200 intermediate level students. The students were asked to fill a questionnaire that was adapted from Gardener’s attitude motivation test battery (AMTB). This was a quantitative research and the findings of this research were subjected to IBM SPSS statistics 2.0 version. The results obtained after the analysis of data were represented in the form of tables and the bar charts. The results showed that teachers play a vital role in bringing and maintaining the motivation among the intermediate level students to learn English language. The teacher was able to motivate students due to inspiring personality, helpful attitude and mainly by dynamic manner of teaching. Along with this presentation of materials in an interesting way also motivated the learners. The findings of this research could be helpful for both teachers and policy makers to motivate the intermediate students to reach better language learning and career related goals.