A Study on the Motivation of College Students in Oral English Learning

This paper applies the motivation theory to analyzing the current situation of college students' English learning and the existing problems involved. Through questionnaire and interview internal and external factors are discovered. As a result some suggested measures are put forward such as: build good relationship between students and teacher; creating English learning atmosphere and setting up realistic goals. The research indicates that learning motivation has immense impact on English learning; it can promote learning enthusiasm, maintain learning motivation and accomplish study goals. The research aims to improve college students' spoken English proficiency through learning motivation.