Anle's Motivation To Learn English Language

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Anale has several factors, both positive and negative, that shape her English language acquisition abilities. Factors that can be seen as negative influences regarding her development in English are that she has moved around a lot, during her many moves been exposed to a variety of different languages, and Spanish being the primary language in her home and neighborhood. Positive factors that might influence her English language acquisition abilities are her motivation to learn English, Anale likes going to school, her grandparents value learning English and encourage her to learn to it, she is not intimidated by making mistakes, and takes correction from her teacher well.
Anale not being settled in one place for most of her life means that she has had to interact with different people and places throughout her childhood and hasn’t had a chance to stay in one place and develop long standing connections with that community. While Anale has moved from state to
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Another positive factor is that Anale likes to go to school. Anale’s motivation to learn English and the fact that she likes to attend school are two factors are going to help her stay motivated to learn English. These motivating factors are further supported by her grandparents valuing her learning to speak English and their encouragement. Her motivation to learn English will be the greatest factor in accelerating the acquisition of English proficiency. Another supporting factor that will positively influence Anale learning English and might accelerate her progress, is that she is not intimidated by making mistakes or being corrected. Not being afraid of and learning from mistakes can accelerate progress in any field of study and will be a boost to Anale’s motivation and engagement in her acquisition of English

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