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The Sociocultural Perspective Of Motivation For ELL Students

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The sociocultural perspective on learning motivation is “to maintain their identities and their interpersonal relations with the community” (Woolfolk, 2015, p. 447). ELL students are more likely to be foreclosed than other students, which means that they are less explorative regarding their identities and the range of learning options (p. 97). Those students tend to either just follow what others do or become defensive and intolerant of learning new cultures. Therefore, in order to be committed in their learning of new language and the environment, it is crucial for those students to explore different perspectives and find out what their vision on those cultural issues rather than just memorizing factual time of history or conceptual informations. …show more content…

During the class discussion, students will share their views on the issue happened in the University of Missouri and cultural issues related to racism. Some ELL students may come up with an idea that not all people of color are minorities, especially in other nations, so the media agencies should not depict as they are the minority for agitative purpose. This kind of practice will help ELL students to have their own voice on those issues, which means that they will be able to grasp that even students include themselves with no experience in the American culture can have their own voice. Furthermore, ELL students may have experiences racial discrimination due to their language proficiency or their skin color; thus, it will be more easier for them to find the interpersonal relations with other students include both ELL students and native speaking …show more content…

589). Some people may doubt about this due to the possibility of the failure that can discourage students in learning; however, according to Duckworth’s (2014) research on resilience, high-achieving individuals are more likely to have a grit, which is a perseverance and passion for long-term goals, not high intelligence (Yeager, p. 1087). This shows that even when ELL students face the failure on the class discussion, they can sustain their motivation in learning if they become interested in the topic itself and become efficacious on their ability to overcome the obstacles in their learning, in this case, learned helplessness that they will not be able to success in class, especially with those materials, due to their lack of English

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