Questão de Língua Inglesa

Motivation as a Dynamic Process in Language Learning Motivation has long been recognised as an important element in second-language learning. Nevertheless, researchers have increasingly questioned the idea that learners are either motivated 5 or unmotivated as if motivation were a permanent personal trait. Studies conducted in different educational contexts have shown that motivation may change across lessons, tasks, stages of education, and experiences of success or failure. 10 Self-determination theory distinguishes between controlled and more autonomous forms of motivation. A learner may initially study English because of external pressure, an examination, or the expectation of future employment. Such motives are not necessarily 15 ineffective. They may gradually become more internalised if learners understand the value of the activity, perceive that they are making progress, and connect language learning with personally meaningful goals. 20 Autonomous motivation is supported when learners experience a sense of competence, a degree of meaningful choice, and constructive relationships with teachers and classmates. Choice, however, should not be confused with the absence of guidance. 25 Asking learners to choose among purposeful tasks, texts, or modes of participation can strengthen agency, whereas offering options without clear goals may produce uncertainty rather than engagement. Teachers also influence motivation through the 30 way they respond to difficulty. A teacher may say, “I have noticed that some of you give up when you cannot understand every word in these recordings.” If learners interpret temporary difficulty as evidence that they lack ability, they may withdraw from participation. 35 If, instead, they are taught how to listen selectively, use context, notice stressed words, recognise changes in intonation, and become familiar with different accents, difficulty can become evidence of what still needs to be learned. 40 Support should help learners persist with demanding tasks without taking over the decisions that belong to them. Excessive control may produce short-term compliance while weakening long-term engagement. By contrast, structured guidance, 45 achievable challenge, informative feedback, and opportunities to revise work can help learners develop both competence and ownership of their learning. Motivationally responsive teaching may also involve literature. Short stories, poems, dramatic 50 scenes, and spoken-word performances can connect language with imagination, identity, history, and social experience. Allowing learners some choice among texts may increase personal relevance, but meaningful literary learning still requires attention to 55 language, genre, authorship, historical context, and interpretation. Motivation is therefore not created by entertainment alone; it develops when learners can see value in demanding work and believe that they are capable of progressing through it. Adaptado de: NOELS, Kimberly A.; VARGAS LASCANO, Dayuma I.; SAUMURE, Kristie. The development of self-determination across the language course: trajectories of motivational change and the dynamic interplay of psychological needs, orientations, and engagement. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v. 41, n. 4, p. 821-851, 2019.