The Human Brain Does Not Need High Levels of Motivation to Learn a Foreign Language: Motivation Has Had its Day

Abstract

Language is nature in action and something humans do. This literature review presents evidence from the literature that suggests that learning a foreign language in a classroom situation does not require high levels of student motivation. It is instead suggested that high levels of motivation are needed to make progress when a teacher is using traditional teaching methods. It is shown that all healthy human brains are excellent at learning and using language, and high levels of motivation to learn a foreign language are not required if teaching practices and materials replicate natural learning experiences, and class participation is ensured. This work is of great importance to teachers as it demonstrates that teachers would help students more by investing their time in developing class materials than by worrying about student motivation.

I Prefer My Own Ways to Acquire My English Speaking Skills: A Grounded Research

“…Descartes in Corballis (2016) says that our body is not a machine that can move on its own but our body is a creature that has a soul in which there is a mind. When it is linked to motivation that has a starting point for physiological needs, it is certainly clear that motivation is not reliable or cannot be used as the main basis for one's learning (see Anselme, 2007;Green, 2016) and what should be the basis is a feeling of like that does have a starting point for psychological needs.…”