兴趣是最好的老师。浓厚的兴趣能调动学生的求知欲,使学生们学习更努力。作为一名中学英语教师,首先要培养学生的学习兴趣,提高学生学习的动力。可是,学生的学习兴趣很少是自发的,要靠教师长期不懈的在课堂上有意识地去激发,把学生潜在的内动力挖掘出来。怎样在英语教学中调动学习兴趣,挖掘学生的内动力,我是这样做的:首先,让学生认识到掌握英语的重要性,提高学生对英语的重视。英语是当今世界上主要的国际通用语言,十几个国家 interest is the best teacher. Strong interest can mobilize students’ curiosity and make students learn harder. As a middle school English teacher, we must first cultivate students’ interest in learning and improve their motivation to learn. However, students’ interest in learning is seldom spontaneous. It is up to teachers to persuade them to consciously excite themselves in the classroom and excavate the potential internal motivation of the students. How to mobilize interest in English teaching and explore students ’motivation, I did this: First of all, let students recognize the importance of English and students’ emphasis on English. English is the world’s major international language, a dozen countries