Identifying and analysing the motivational factors in the acquisition of English for the students attending regional medium schools in the urban locality of Jharkhand

The urban locality witnesses wide spectrum of advantages and opportunities in terms of learning English as a second language. Urban locality is the most resourceful spaces where students get to acquire English skills explicitly or implicitly from its available socio-cultural, educational and geographical surroundings. The urban locality has positive influence on motivational drive of students which is considered as an important criterion in the process of acquiring English as second language. The target population, whom the article points to, is students attending regional medium schools in urban region. The study in a way attempts to answer why urban spaces are more favourable in terms of motivation. It identifies nine motivational factors for English language learning that has evolved from locative and spatial surroundings, which are further analysed using ISM to organise the influential factors categorically.