Affective influences on language learning: Motivation

What are the three main theories of motivation?

• Attribution Theory, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning

• Motivation for Learning Theory, Need for Achievement Theory, Attribution Theory

• Motivation for Larning Theory, Social Learning Theory, Expectancy-Value Theory

According to The Motivation for Learning Theory, what are the two types of motivation?

• Intrinsic Motivation and Emotional Motivation

• Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Motivation

• External Motivation and Social Motivation

The Need for Achievement Theory distinguishes describes _________ achievers like those who view challenges as attainable with effort

• high

• low

According to Attribution Theory, people may attribute events to four basic causes: their own ability, the difficulty, the effort and luck.

• True

• False

A_ff__ t_ e _n__u__c_s refer to the impact of emotions and feelings on second language learning.

The Carrot and Stick Hypothesis and the Internal Cause Hypothesis correspond to these types of motivation respectively:

• Intrinsic and extrinsic

• Integrative and Instrumental

• Global and situational

• Extrinsic and intrinsic

"The teacher brings posters to the classroom and arranges the chairs in a circle to aid memory retention, and stimulate active participation."

This is an example of:

• Instrumental motivation

• Task

  motivation

• Situational

  motivation

• Global motivation

The personal desire to identify with the target language culture is known as _________ motivation.

The main components of motivation are three:

• Effort, setting and desire to achieve goals and attitude

• Conative, affective and cognitive elements

• Individual differences, SLA contexts and outcomes

Variables such as intelligence, language aptitude and situational anxiety influence motivation in SLA.

• True

• False