Research on Demotivation in English Learning of Non-English Majors in Chinese Universities
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Motivation; Demotivation; English Learning; Second Language Acquisition.Abstract
Much research on motivation has been done in language teaching and learning, while less research on demotivation has been carried out. In the practice of teaching English to non-English majors in Chinese universities, teachers are often faced up with the phenomena of demotivation, which often hinder teachers’ instruction as well as students’ learning. Based on the investigation of more than one thousand university students from nine universities located in three provinces of China, it is found that most of the demotivating phenomena are mainly caused by the teachers themselves in the English classroom and they can be categorized into such three dimensions as the course, the teachers and the collective. Therefore, some strategies are proposed and adopted to curb demotivation and strengthen motivation from each of these three dimensions. Through a period of teaching practice, these demotivating phenomena are improved in effective and efficient English teaching and learning and a lot of implications can be obtained for the second language acquisition of non-English majors in Chinese universities.
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