THE MOTIVATION OF THE LIBYAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH

ABSTRACT Secondary schools considered as the first real step for Libyan students in learning English language process, they are in need of motivations to help them carry on to acquire and learn English in the easiest possible way. Teachers and institutions must motivate their students to accomplish their goals. If students are not motivated, they might fail in their learning process and they will lose the desire to learn the language. Since the secondary school students are young and they need someone to give them motivation and urge them, the writer would like to pay attention to this matter and try to find out what are the interesting ways that secondary school students are interested in and the ways that can make them motivated. The research design applied in this study is descriptive quantitative. Technique of data collection is conducted by applying questionnaires. The participants in the present study are the students (males and females between 15-18 years old selected by stratified random sampling from the total population of English secondary school students of Al-khoms city. Motivation is still major problem among the learners of English in Lybian secondary school in that they reveal some answers indicating low motivation in relation to the importance of English, technological aids, inferiority, boredom etc. Based on the research, the writer has come to a conclusion that the teachers should explore more on their way of delivery to better teach with learners in a more amusing and interesting manner, use more visual aids and digital media and Combine both textbook and technological aids and tell them the importance of English for further knowledge and self achievement in the future Key Words: motivation, secondary school, textbook, technological aid