MOTIVATION TO LEARN AND TEACH ENGLISH IN SLOVENIA

This Study was conducted in Slovenia, and explored the views of a samp le of 226 pupils (aged 14-15 years) regarding their motivation to lear n English and the views of a sample of 95 student teachers regarding t heir motivation to become a teacher of English. The data consisted of two questionnaires. The first questionnaire asked the pupils to rate t he importance of each of 15 reasons for wanting to learn English. The most frequent reasons given by pupils were 'Because English is an inte rnational language', 'Because English helps me with advanced study' an d 'Because English will help me with my future career'. The second que stionnaire asked the student teachers to rate the importance of each o f 20 reasons in influencing their decision to become a teacher of Engl ish. The most frequent reasons given by the student teachers were 1 en joy the subject I will teach', 'English is important to me' and 'I wan t to help children succeed'. The findings are further explored in term s of the relative importance of the different types of motivation invo lved.