留守儿童英语学习动机实证研究——以湘西永顺县列夕小学为个案研究的中期报告.docxVIP

留守儿童英语学习动机实证研究——以湘西永顺县列夕小学为个案研究的中期报告

Title:AnEmpiricalStudyontheEnglishLearningMotivationofLeft-behindChildren:ACaseStudyofLiexiPrimarySchoolinYongshunCounty,Xiangxi

Abstract:

ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheEnglishlearningmotivationofleft-behindchildreninruralareas,withafocusonLiexiPrimarySchoolinYongshunCounty,Xiangxi.Datawerecollectedthroughsurveysandinterviews,andanalyzedusingamixed-methodsapproach.Thefindingsshowedthatleft-behindchildrenhadgenerallyhighlevelsofintrinsicmotivationforEnglishlearning,includinginterest,enjoyment,andsatisfaction.However,extrinsicmotivation,includingpressurefromparentsandteachers,wasalsofoundtoplayasignificantrole.ThestudyalsorevealedanumberoffactorsthathindertheEnglishlearningmotivationofleft-behindchildren,suchaslimitedresources,lackofexposure,andlowself-efficacy.TheimplicationsofthestudyforEnglishlanguageteachinginruralareasarediscussed.

Introduction:

InChina,left-behindchildren,i.e.thosewhoareunder18yearsoldandlivingapartfromoneorbothparentsforatleastsixmonths,areagrowingconcern.Therearecurrentlyover60millionleft-behindchildreninChina,mainlyinruralareas.Thesechildrenfacearangeofchallenges,includingpsychologicalandemotionalproblems,poorschoolperformance,andlimitedopportunitiesforpersonaldevelopment.Englishlearning,asacoresubjectintheschoolcurriculum,isalsoachallengeforleft-behindchildren,wholackaccesstoresourcesandareoftendisadvantagedintermsoflanguageexposure.ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheEnglishlearningmotivationofleft-behindchildreninruralareas,withafocusonLiexiPrimarySchoolinYongshunCounty,Xiangxi.

LiteratureReview:

Englishlearningmotivationhasbeenapopularresearchtopicinthefieldofsecondlanguageacquisition.Motivationisregardedasacriticalfactorthataffect