The role of motivation in teaching foreign languages

Abstract

The problem of motivation in learning arises in every subject, but it is especially acute it manifests itself in the study of a foreign language. The importance and role of motivation in learning foreign languages has been proven by different research. For the first time the word motivation was used by A. Schopenhauer in the article Four Principles of Sufficient Cause‖ (1900–1910). Then this term entered into psychological use for explain the causes of human and animal behavior.