Place of Motivation in English Language Teaching

This paper is intended to deal with place of motivation in English language teaching. Motivation as one of topics of second and foreign language acquisition has always influenced on learning and teaching of English language. Language can be defined as the bond that links people together and binds them to their culture. The study of language has always played a crucial role in the history man. Man has tried to know his language, know how speech sounds relate to meaning when he/she is speaking or writing. Today, English language is used as one of the major important of languages among people over the world. Learning English language has been the main subject in schools, colleges and universities in the world. English language is used as foreign or second and even lingua franca among people in this world. English language is used as target language among learners in their schools, colleges, and universities. It is interesting to see how an English language learner learns English through motivation.