Motivation and Lack Thereof: Effects of Students’ Motivation on Their Second/Foreign Language Learning Process

In language learning, motivation is one of the key elements to which students have to pay special attention as it plays a major role in their acquisition. This paper will expose a case study regarding motivation and the negative counterparts that affect it. It will also discuss several motivation theories and the learning process students from the University of Guanajuato have struggled with whenever having trouble with keeping their motivation. This study made use of interviews to collect data that shows the direct relationship between the level of motivation and the level of success in language acquisition.