Personality, motivation and achievement in bilingual schools.

Abstract

This is a descriptive research study about the sixth-grade primary school students‟ motivational factors in the English classroom. This topic is of great interest, because the students‟ motivation and personality factors can strongly influence their academic results. Due to the importance of today‟s languages, especially English, and the development of bilingual programmes in Spain it is necessary to know the students‟ motivational state and their capabilities in English. Results will be obtained by giving a questionnaire related to this topic to the students of a primary school in Granada. After consulting all the sources of information which are necessary to describe the framework of these concepts and the results obtained, some relevant conclusions will be drawn based on the research objectives and questions posed. In addition, some pedagogical implications and further investigations about the topic will be included. The project will have an appendix and bibliographical references.