Motivation in Second Language Learning

When we talk about motivation in second language learning we have to think that this motivation is different from other motivations, I mean in other subjects.

When learning a second language we do not only learn the language it self we also learn about the culture where it is spoken.

" The learning of a foreign language involves far more than simply learning skills, or a system of rules, or a grammar; it involves an alteration in self image, the adoption of new social and cultural behaviours and ways of being, and therefore has a significant impact on the social nature of the learner." (Williams 1994:77)