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The Motivated Classroom
Motivation and Engagement in Language Learners
A number of studies have shown that activities that fail to compel or create interest in the learners are going to lead to boredom and disengagement. A recent quantitative study a big study of over 600 students and 400 staff what would they actually use self-determination theory to look at student motivation, school leaders policy choices relating to modern language study in the UK. In general foreign language students are poorly motivated and that their motivation goes down and declines throughout secondary school. I feel that language learner motivation it can actually be rejuvenated when the teaching practices account for the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. So how do we start it off? First things first if you're in a classroom which


