Self-Efficacy of the Learners: On the Road to English Language Learning

Poor student achievement is often attributed to a lack of motivation and rewards. Students with learning disabilities are very often unmotivated because school is one failure after another to them. Teachers are having a hard time assessing what could be the aid for language learning. This study used the descriptive-survey research method. It is arranged to gather information about the present existing condition. The participants of this study consisted of 40 grade nine students from Mariveles National High School-Sisiman II S.Y. 2016-2017. The questionnaire was divided into five parts—(A) Self Efficacy, (B) Intrinsic Motivation, (C) English Learning Value, (D) Performance Goal, and (E) Achievement Goal. Based on this study’s findings, some relevant and useful motivational learning implications are recommended for enhancement and improvement of the students’ motivation. Relevant language improvement programs and activities are also discussed in accordance with the students’ language difficulties as communicated in the open-ended questions to increase their motivation in English language learning.

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