Motivation im Fremdsprachenunterricht für Deutsch : Eine Untersuchung der Motivation im Fremdsprachenunterricht an zwei schwedischen Gymnasien

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to investigate what motivates pupils at two Swedish gymnasiums while attending German classes. The study also compares pupils' attitude towards various aspects in the classroom depending on if they are internally or externally motivated. To achieve this result, the pupils were given a questionnaire to fill in containing both open and closed questions. The closed questions were connected to three theories: Self- determination theory, the FLOW-theory and the social cognitive theory. Based on the open questions, the pupils were divided into two groups, depending on their internal or external motivation. The answers to the closed questions were then compared. The results show that most of the pupils have a good relation to their teacher which due to the theories presented are a central part of pupils’ motivation. The externally motivated pupils feel that they don’t succeed in most of their work while at the same time thinking that their results of their work with the German language depend on their former achievements.