• Qodsya Mastour
• Hashema Homa Shahaim

Abstract Demotivation is a research area which has newly been the focus of many research works in the field of second language acquisition. The present study reports external factors causing demotivation in learn English among undergraduate university students in Herat University, Afghanistan. Student lack of preparation for class and resulting poor grades appeared to be a lack of motivation Therefore, this study goals to investigating the factors affecting English as a second language. Demotivating factors are essential factors which negatively influence the learner’s attitudes and behaviours and hence leads to undesired learning outcomes. Questionnaire approved from Sakai and Kikuchi (2009) was used to collect the data. The questionnaire consists of 35 close-ended items on a 5-point Likert scale on six factors of demotivation: characteristics of classes, teacher’s behaviour, course contents and teaching materials, effects of low test scores, classroom environment and lack of self-confidence and interest. The Sample of this study involved 112 students from two faculties studying at Herat University, Afghanistan; these faculties are: Education and English literature and Humanities. SPSS software was used to analyse the data collected in the present study. The findings of this study would be share with the teachers and students to pay attention to the weak points and work on them to solve this problem.

demotivation, factors, EFL university students

"Exploring Factors Causing Demotivation to Learn English among Undergraduate University Students in Herat University, Afghanistan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 10, page no.326-337, October-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907L99.pdf

"Exploring Factors Causing Demotivation to Learn English among Undergraduate University Students in Herat University, Afghanistan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 10, page no. pp326-337, October-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907L99.pdf