Motivation in Learning Englishl

A learners’ reason for wanting to learn something new can affect their motivation. A learner who is self-funded and wants to learn for personal or job progression reasons is likely to be more highly motivated than some who been “told” to attend, sent against their will or who is not interested in the subject.

What do you think of the requirement to learn English? Did you know you can find English speakers in almost every country around the world? English is the world’s most commonly spoken language because it allows its speakers to be more poised while facing difficult situation in their lives. Knowing English can able you to manage a wide variety of your difficulties. English can assist you in discussions with people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. Knowing English helps you learn new things and understand other’s opinions.

The current criteria for migration in Canada was established during 1960s called the ‘point system’. The system requires assigning points to interested migrants for their education level, labor experience in specific occupations where the country faces shortages, and the ability to speak national language, to name some important features. The potential migrants- if meet the criteria- are allowed for admission to Canada (Kelley & Trebilcock 36-39). In this way, Canadian government ensures that migrant workers have necessary language skills and work experience so they can serve in the labor market without presenting

The article "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan shows firsthand instances of how Amy's mother was treated because of the way she spoke. She was disregarded, not taken seriously, and thought of as dim. The author uses logic, emotion, and reasoning to show why this way of thinking is not often true. The article’s main claim of how people perceive the intelligence of those who speak broken English is easily defined because of the authors use of writing techniques like telling personal stories, creating an appeal to emotion, and an appeal to logic.

Canada is referred to as a ‘land of immigrants’ since a large number of newcomers have settled here and helped to enhance and preserve its ethnicity and diversity. Every country has its own norms and principles in accommodating new immigrants and assisting them to settle down. However, not all the immigrants are fortunate enough to sustain the uncertain circumstances that they had foreseen before migrating to a new country. While in the process of adjusting to a new society, these settlers are often reminded of the fact that they are not in their own country. Such circumstances put them in a tight spot of returning back to their homeland. Thus, taking instances from the writings of Mehri Yalfani, Isabel Vincent and Himani Benerji, the facts that new immigrants have to come across various complications throughout their journey of settlement to a new country, are being raised in the subsequent part of this journal. Moreover, the issues related to racism in Canada and the assurance of equality and freedom from racial discrimination to the Canadians are also reflected below.

In addition, the audience’s attitude can be seen as diligent for individuals whose first language isn’t English, it can give them a sense of hope. For others whose first language is English, it might strike up a similar feeling but in a different

Furthermore, language poses a big barrier for immigrants’ employability. Most of the immigrants are coming from non-English speaking countries (Biles et al., 269). So, although before immigration they pass IELTS or similar English testing examinations (Six selection factors, 2017, para 2), are not familiar with actual English vocabulary, accent and intonations. Language inefficiency creates a huge barrier for them to connect properly with employers, which is the main reason for

It is fair to say that the goal of the immigration system is to encourage youthful, bilingual, high-skill immigration in order to bolster and enhance the labor force in Canada. Although the program aims to attract migrants that have work experience, higher education and English or French language abilities there are certain barriers that are present in the system such as credential recognition and strong demand for sophisticated language and literacy competency, which impede access to skilled employment and social mobility among some migrants. Most immigrants come to Canada through the Federal Skilled Worker Program or under a Provincial Nominee Program. Nearly 70 per cent of immigrants to Canada are economic immigrants. Parents, grandparents,

In doing so, we can better prepare them for the Canadian job market. Thus since March 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada encourage federal skilled workers to submit a third-party language test result (p.101). With this idea to give more emphasis on language factors, I believe it is for the reason to motivate applicants to improve their language ability before they arrive in Canada in order to facilitate an easier transition into western society. As a matter of fact, a lot of landed immigrants have to learn either French or English. Language still is a key challenge that many immigrants face today, even in cases where they have submitted an official language test passing result. In this context, it means that they are not yet ready to meet the demands of the job market with their current language level. Therefore, I fear that only emphasizing the importance of the language efficiency before their arrival is not the best

As we discussed in class, motivation plays an intrinsic role in creating successful self-directed learning. Those who practice this form of learning, in various ways, are driven by personal or external incentives, such as the desire to learn something, or simply for curiosity 's sake, self-esteem and self-efficiency. Because of this self-directed learners are known to take initiative, view issues as challenges to overcome, become confident, have a desire to evolve, and appreciate and seek out learning opportunities (Taylor, 1995).

Before taking adult education classes, I was under the impression that learning for adults and children were the same. The difference being that correct context was being taught to children and different content for adults.

Clear goals allow students to engage more and feel motivated to participate and do better in school.

Vocabulary plays a significant role in English as second language learning process. For the majority of English as Second Language(ESL) learners, the ultimate goal of learning the language is to understand (read and listen) and communicate (write and speak) with little difficulty and the lack of sufficient vocabulary may be the constraint of such goal (Folse, 2004). As the bedrock of English and as well as language, vocabulary also facilitates the development of other language skills: lexical richness leads to the progress in the use of language, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing skills (Nation, 1994). Reversely, The improvement in such skills may enhance learners vocabulary size as the exposure to more learning materials improves the capacity to acquire new vocabulary. (The importance of learning vocabulary/ why vocabulary?)

For me, learning a language is a complicated process. It is different from learning other subjects. It involves a lot of practices and follow up. When I talk about my personal experience, I would say that I have a rich experience in learning English as a second language. English was taught to me for ten years starting from grade seven till graduation from university. After graduation, I felt that I should improve my language skills. Therefore, I did a lot of efforts personally to increase my fluency. Until now I still learn the language. Indeed, learning a language takes a lifetime.

In my opinion a good language learner should be motivated, stay consistent with the study of the language, be patient and okay with making mistakes, and communicate and speak in the target language. Rubin (1975) listed many learning strategies that a good language learner should have, and some of them are similar to those characteristics that I thought about. One important strategy that I think ANY language learner should use is "willing to make mistakes in order to learn and to communicate" (Rubin, 1875, p.47). When I started to teach Spanish 101 to students who had never studied a foreign language, I told them that it is normal to make mistakes and we are all there to learn. I was trying to encourage them to speak and feel comfortable in the classroom. When I think about myself when I was learning a foreign language, I remember being afraid to speak because I could make some errors. However, I understand now that errors are part of the learning process, inevitable, and there it is okay to make mistakes.