A Case Study about the Motivation of English Majors for EFL Learning 1. Introduction Learning English as a foreign language has been prevailing in China for a long time. Since the national language in China is Chinese which is different from English in many ways‚ and there is no English-speaking environment‚ English is mainly acquired through school courses and in the classroom context. Therefore‚ in recent decades‚ many Chinese researchers are borrowing and adapting some Second Language (L2
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Case study one The motivation in this case study is the Expectancy Theory. Theory states that the motivation of employees depends upon whether or not they believe that performing at a high level will lead to the reward they desire. Mary Ellen Sheets the owner of Two Men and a Truck did this when she started franchising the business. Sheets wanted everyone who invested in a franchise to succeed as she did. Sheets opened a school that taught the owners of the franchise and the employees everything
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for which motivation is a key factor. A motivated workforce results in a job being done excellently which can therefore yield higher profits for the company. This illustrates why motivation is considered to be highly important and most companies are trying to focus on how to get their employees motivated. In addition‚ motivation is also important because it has a strong positive effect on job performance which increases self efficacy and therefore leads to a job well done. Motivation can be achieved
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difference is most likely due to the position the individual holds in a particular firm or organisation. This essay will analyze whether the best way to increase work motivation is through financial rewards. When it comes to motivation‚ there are various theories espoused with the ultimate aim of increasing an employee’s work performance. Motivation is defined as being “the cognitive decision-making process through which goal-directed behaviour is initiated‚ energized‚ directed and maintained” (Buchanan &
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I choose to analyze the case of Yisel. Yisel is a 21 years old female and a college student studying psychology at the U of M. She lives currently apart from her family because of her study. Her parents are Mexicans and they moved to Minnesota in the 1980s. Yisel is a second-generation immigrant. Her older sister was born in Mexico‚ but Yisel and her brothers were born in the US. Although both her parents now have jobs‚ they had encountered many difficulties in finding jobs because of language barriers
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people are interested in motivation; they try to find out the reason why someone behaves in a particular way. What is motivation? There are a number of definitions of motivation: Baron (1991) stated “motivation is the internal process that activate‚ guide and maintain behaviour (especially goal-directed behaviour).” This definition assumes all behaviour is a consequence of motivation which ignored how and why it is instigated. So‚ Kanfer (1998) declared that “motivation is only about the ‘free will’
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developped countries and the least developped countries concerning life expectancy. Life expectancy is an average number of year given to a person at his birth depending on the country he was born in‚ and it is a factor defining the health of a country. Diseases‚ war‚ famine‚ death rates in one hand‚ national economic prosperity‚ standard education and performant healthcare in the other hand‚ there are many factors affecting the life expectancy in each country‚ making it better or worse. People tend to have
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Activity 5 Topic 6: Motivation and rewards In this topic you have covered an important theory of motivation called Expectancy Theory. Let’s apply this theory to your university study‚ specifically the upcoming essay assessment. There are three expectancy factors that will affect your motivation to succeed: * Expectancy is your belief that working hard on your essay will result in the production of a good quality piece of work (i.e. a least a high pass or credit although more able students
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organization‚ Employee Motivation is generally considered a core element in running a successful business. Either negatively or positively‚ your life on earth is about accomplishments. Dictionary.com defines accomplishment as "an act or instance of carrying into effect a deed or achievement." Your life is a mixture of the accomplishment twins‚ accomplishment and lack of accomplishment. What determines which one the twins are most powerful in your life? I believe its ability‚ motivation and attitude.
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1. The Concept of Motivation Each concept or idea has its own history determined by the general evolution of human thought. For many years‚ the understanding of the term and the research on motivation were dominated by the so-called drive reduction theories. Psychologists identified a large number of human needs (both biological and psychological ones)‚ all of them causing inner tensions‚ which had to be released in one way or another. In 1964‚ Atkinson (quoted in Williams and Burden‚ 1997: 113)
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