CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Like attitude, motivation also plays an essential role in determining achievement in L2 learning. There are two kinds of motivation associated with L2 learning as suggested by Gardner and Lambert (1972)-instru-mental and integrative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gardner and Lambert’s (1972) theory of motivation focused on two important motivational constructs; integrative and instrumental motivation.

Detailed explanation-3: -As Gardner and Lambert (1972) indicated that motivation to learn a second language creates positive attitude toward the target language and its culture and attitudes then become the milestone of motivation itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -In general, there are three types of second language or foreign language learning theories: nativist theory, environmental theory, and functional theory. Krashen [14] are two of the most prominent proponents of the nativist hypothesis, which holds that humans are born with the potential to acquire a language.

Detailed explanation-5: -Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is pertinent to integrative and instrumental motivation related to L2 language learning (Brown, 2000). There are four types of motivation. Instrumental, integrative, intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation.