在英语学习活动中,学习者的收获是不大相同的,有的人能够掌握并运用英语进行交流,还有更多的人在学习的路途上停止下来,从此不再前进。本文探讨了引起个别差异现象变量中的一个,即动机,并阐述了激发学生学习动机,提高教学的有效性是中学英语教学的重要部分。 In English learning activities, learners gain is not the same, some people can grasp and use English to communicate, there are more people stop on the path of learning, never move forward. This article explores one of the variables that cause individual differences, namely motivation. It also illustrates that motivating students’ learning motivation and improving teaching effectiveness are an important part of secondary school English teaching.