MOTIVATION AND THE ATTAINMENT OF LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) IN NIGERIA

This paper examines motivation in the light of its affective roles in learning of English language as a second language. It acknowledges the lack of motivation for both the students and the teachers of English but emphasizes the fact that the assumed need of English language by the learners will to a large extent affect the attainment level of ESL learners. There is an attempt to unravel the implication of different kinds of motivation on language learning with special attention to the kinds of motivation used by the learners of English as a second language in Nigeria and how learners can maximise this for an improved proficiency in it.