MOTIVATION - THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR TO SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

An old French proverb says, "A man who knows two languages is worth two men." Speakers of more than one language enjoy wide-ranging opportunities for travel, relationships and employment. Learning a language increases intelligence and opens many doors. However, to help learners obtain high achievement during their learning process, it is necessary for teachers to find out the factors that are the most powerful influences on learners' language learning. It is a wellestablished belief among most researchers that motivation is crucial in students' learning. The success of learning depends on high or low motivation of students. It can drive learners in reaching learning goal. Therefore, motivation is the key of success in learning and teaching process. Without motivation, the goal of learning seems difficult to be reached. By having motivation students will be enthusiastic in teaching learning process so they will be pushed to study English well. Dornyei (1998) stated that “Motivation has been widely accepted by both teachers and researchers as one of the key factors that influences the rate and success of second language learning”. Basing on some different researches, observation and teaching experiences at UNETI, I believe that motivation would be the most important factor to second language learning.