The Influence of Foreign Language Learning Motivation on Foreign Language Learning

Abstract

Foreign language learning is a complex and delicate psychological and cognitive process in which motivation plays an important role as the inner driving force to promote learners’ persistence and in-depth learning. Many Chinese and foreign researchers have conducted extensive research on the influence of learning motivation on foreign Language learning, especially in the field of Second Language (L2) learning. This paper reviews and synthesizes the relevant literature in recent years, comprehensively analyzes the key factors affecting foreign language learning motivation, and probes into the formation mechanism, maintenance motivation, and its specific impact on learning results. Through analysis, this paper reveals the difference between learners’ intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation under the influence of different social backgrounds and cultural factors and evaluates the motivation maintenance strategies in independent learning and foreign language teaching. This paper finds a significant positive correlation between foreign language learning motivation maintenance strategies and foreign language achievement. Learning interest, students’ attribution tendency, teachers’ quality and teaching methods, and learning tasks are indispensable in stimulating and maintaining learning motivation. The study also found a complex interaction between social needs, cultural identity, and motivation to learn foreign languages, which has important implications for foreign language education policymaking. The results show that to effectively improve the effectiveness of foreign language learning, educators should pay more attention to learners’ interests, needs, and social environment and provide personalized strategies for stimulating and maintaining learning motivation in combination with modern technological means.