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SLT Yang Lilan/ Intr insic Motivation in the ELT classroom Intrinsic Motivation in the ELT classroom o Yang Lilan ( H ohhot Vocational Colleg e, H ohhot, I nner Mongolia 010050) [ Abstr act] This paper aims to explore wa ys t o arouse lear ner s. intr insic motivat ion in t he ELT classroom through theor etical and pr actical invest igat ions. [ Key words] intrinsic motivat ion; extrinsic motivat ion; teaching techniques; ELT classroom [ 中 图 分 类 号 ] G442 [ 文 献 标 识 码 ] A [ 文 章 编 号 ] 167228610( 2006) 0220106203 the lear ners. intrinsic motivation both at the stage I. What is intr insic and extrinsic motivation? of initiating and sustaining motivation. This would In focusing on the r easons why people choose to act in certain ways, it becomes apparent that these reasons for our actions fall into different types. Sometimes we do something because we ar e particularly interested in the activity itself. A t oth2 er times we engage in an activity not because the act of doing it is enjoyable in itself, but through the action we can gain something else. Cognitive psychologists have come to draw a distinction be2 tween intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Csik2 szentmihalyi and Nakamura provide a clear defini2 tion of these concepts. Very simply, when the only reason for performing an act is to gain something outside the activity itself, such as passing an ex2 am, or obtaining financial r ewards, the motivation is likely to be extrinsic; when the experience of do2 ing something generates interest and enjoyment and the reason for performing the activity lies within the activity itself, then the motivation is likely to be intrinsic[ 1] . For example, does the student work har d to satisfy his or her own interest and curiosity? Or does the student work hard to satisfy the teacher and get good mar ks? It is impor tant to present tasks which tap into include a consider ation of inter est, curiosity, chal2 lenge, and the development of independen