I am a student :). I love English and learning any other languages. I don't understand my class-mates who say they hate it, but it's their opinion and I can't change it, anyway. On the other hand, I hate Chemistry, for instance
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Would you like to motivate younger or rather older children? When I was little, my first English teacher (it was in the 4th class... a long time ago!) used to give us stickers if we were good in something. It was nice... I liked competing with others!
I think there are hundreds of ways how to make the students learn and prepare for the lessons! My recent motivation is "university". I do my best (and learn really a lot) to be prepared for the entrance exams...
Communication with other people (in English) - that's the biggest motivation at all, I think.