Motivational Factors Affecting L2 Learning among Students of the English Department at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait

This study aims at exploring the types of motivation factors that affect students in learning English and becoming English teachers.  A motivation survey is administered to the students enrolled in the English Department at the College of Basic Education in Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. The Department graduates students with a bachelor degree in English Education at the primary level.  By understanding motivation in the students’ outlook, the researchers hope that students can be helped to develop and enhance their intrinsic and extrinsic outlooks towards the language and hence would have pedagogical implications relevant to the outcomes of the department. There were four categories that were tested in the survey; namely, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, combined motivation, and motivation loss (amotivation). It was found that about %80 of the students are intrinsically and extrinsically motivated to study English in the department, and those students did not lose their motivation since they have started studying in the English department in CBE. The researchers recommended that these outlooks in motivation be built upon and enhanced by using various motivational strategies in the classroom.