Motivational Factors Between Individuals with Different Learning Goals for Acquiring English at Different Levels

Motivation is an important factor for successful learning. However, the teaching methods, activities, strategies and content influence in the development and direction of students' motivation. With a narrative approach which categorizes the experiences of each of the participants; supported by a quantitative approach, by showing quantitative data to have a broad view of the data collected. This research study collects the opinions of 4 participants from the University of Guanajuato who take English language classes as a graduation requirement showing that language learning approaches reflect an important effect on students' motivation being a complement to the learning objectives. Thus, increasing the motivation of the students to continue with the process of acquiring and learning a second language.