一、动机的定义动机,指促使人从事某种活动的念头,在心理学上一般被认为涉及行为的发端、方向、强度和持续性,二语习得中的动机因素在二语习得中,动机是一个强大的情感变量,对第二语言的学习有很大的影响。动机受多种因素的影响,如自我意识、学习者对第二语言的情感和态度、社会环境和需求等,有关动机研究的流派很多,分类也不尽相同二、Gardner理论的发展以及其批判20世纪50年代,Gardner和lamber把动机归纳为两大类,即 First, the motivation of the definition of motivation, refers to the motivation to engage in a certain kind of activity in the psychology is generally considered to be related to the starting point, direction, strength and continuity, second language acquisition motivation factor in second language acquisition Motivation is a powerful emotional variable that has a great influence on the learning of second language. Motivation is influenced by many factors, such as self-awareness, learners’ feelings and attitudes toward second language, social environment and needs, etc. There are many genres of research on motivation and classification. II. The Development of Gardner’s Theory and Its Criticism In the 1950s, Gardner and Lamber summarized motivation into two broad categories, namely