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The Role of Motivation in Second Language Acquisition

Rafika Nurhidayah

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This paper aims to explore the role of motivation in second language acquisition. Motivation is one of the most important factors for learning a second language proficiently. Motivation is unavoidable linked with language achievement in the sense that language achievement can not happen without motivation. In short, motivation is used as a concept for explaining the success or failure of a language learner. There are many advantages for knowing other languages but they are not absolutely necessary, and as a consequence, motivation can play an important role in learning second language. And there are many factors that can affect this motivation.

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This paper aims to explore the role of motivation in second language acquisition. Motivation is one of the most important factors for learning a second language proficiently. Motivation is unavoidable linked with language achievement in the sense that language achievement can not happen without motivation. In short, motivation is used as a concept for explaining the success or failure of a language learner. There are many advantages for knowing other languages but they are not absolutely necessary, and as a consequence, motivation can play an important role in learning second language. And there are many factors that can affect this motivation.

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This paper aims to explore the role of motivation in second language acquisition. Motivation is one of the most important factors for learning a second language proficiently. Motivation is unavoidable linked with language achievement in the sense that language achievement can not happen without motivation. In short, motivation is used as a concept for explaining the success or failure of a language learner. There are many advantages for knowing other languages but they are not absolutely necessary, and as a consequence, motivation can play an important role in learning second language. And there are many factors that can affect this motivation.

Key concepts: Goal theory, Affect (linguistics), Need for achievement, Language acquisition, Psychology, Second-language acquisition, Intrinsic motivation, Second-language attrition

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