On the Motivation and the English Achievement in the Senior Middle School

Abstract

Motivation is one of the important factors that influences English learning achievement. That’s true of the students in the Senior Middle School. In order to improve the students’ English performance, a research by means of a questionnaire and an interview is done in a key Senior School on the motivation in learning English in order to improve the English teaching. The results showed that the motivation has a close relationship with the students’ performance. But the different strength in motivation will lead to different learning efficiency. So to help the students to maintain a proper strength in English learning motivation is very necessary for the teachers in the daily teaching procedure. Finally, some suggestions are available to the teachers.