Demotivating Factors in Learning English as a Foreign Language: Case in Colombian vulnerable rural schools

Abstract

The objective of the study is to show which demotivating factors the students of English as a Foreign Language present; and also to check if there is a relationship, and influence of those factors on their academic performance. The research has a nonexperimental, descriptive and correlational design. The results show that Difficulty of English Learning; Teachers' Competence and Teaching Styles; Inadequate Learning Environment and Reduced Interest and Motivation are demotivating factors; there is also a relationship between academic performance and factors.

El objetivo de estudio es evidenciar qué factores desmotivadores presentan los estudiantes de inglés; y comprobar si existe una relación, e influencia con sus rendimientos académicos. La investigación tiene un diseño no experimental, descriptivo y correlacional. Los resultados muestran que la dificultad para aprender inglés; la competencia de los docentes y estilos de enseñanza; el inadecuado ambiente de aprendizaje, y el reducido interés y motivación, son los factores desmotivadores; además existe una relación entre el rendimiento académico y los factores