作者：杨志鑫
　　【Abstract】the performance of students in English learning is influenced by plenty of elements， such as the hard word of students， interest，， motivation， the assistant of teachers and so on. The performance of students in English learning is mostly influenced by internal factors and outside factors. The author thinks that internal factor plays most the important role in the place， especially the motivation of students themselves. In the thesis， the author analyzes the motivation and interest of students in English learning in university.
　　【Key words】English learning； Motivation Internal factor
　　1. Related theories
　　Gardner， Lambert and Jordan were scholars who firstly analyzed motivation of language learners in English learning. They have proposed a model to express learning motivation. Attitude， level of motivation， level of achievement are three key parts of the model.
　　Most of students’ motivation can be typed into two groups， one is intrinsic motivation and the other is extrinsic motivation. They are two kinds of different motivation and make effect in various of areas. Intrinsic motivation refers to the interest of people themselves. Extrinsic motivation refers to factors in the environment. The intrinsic motivation of students focuses on long-term targets and extrinsic motivation of students focuses on short-term targets. For example， the intrinsic motivation can be promoted， when a student wants to know the cultures of foreign countries.
　　Learning motivation is divided by Brown into three groups： global motivation， situational motivation and task motivation. Global motivation refers to common attitude of English learners. Situational motivation refers to natural motivation of English learner. Situational motivation is different from the motivation in classes. Task motivation is based on tasks.
　　2. Importance of motivation
　　If a student has enough motivation， he or she will learn English positively. Learning English is a continuous progress. More energy and time students donate into the progress， more achievement students will get. Without motivation， a student may study English one day and play several days. The result is that he or she forgets what he or she have learnt in the past. Scientific research has found that students with more motivation can perform better than students who don’t have enough motivation. Motivation can help students save a lot of time and promote their efficiency.
　　3. Cultivating motivation