MOTIVATION ON LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE Stepanus Silaban

Gayatri Wailissa “ I want to be the youngest diplomat ever”

Gayatri Wailissa  17 year old  Masters 14 foreign languages  Ambasador of children for Southeast Asia in 2012

Strategy  Study 14 languages independently  Reading book and dictionary  Listening to music and radio  Watching movie  Chatting with natives

How motivation can affect second language learning?

Motivation is starting point  Inner determination  Passion  Our brain is seduced  Empathy to target language  We tend to speak like native

Learning books Conversation Dictionary Tenses

Dictionary  List 2 English words per day  14 words a week  60 words a month  720 words a year

Tenses Future Simple Continuous Past participle Present Simple Continuous Past participle 12 Tenses Past Simple Continuous Past particip

Conversation  Pattern  We often hear in certain way A: How are you B: I’m just fine. How about you?

Conversation  Structure  Subject + is/am/are + adjective I am happy We are happy  Subject + Verb + Object + Adverb she eats banana now we ate banana yesterday

Listening, Watching and Chatting  Make our ears used to  Can perfect our pronounciation  Comparison of pronounciation  We can differentiate native from non native

Conclusion Motivation takes significant role in learning an improving second language