Аннотация:Theoretical and methodological relevance of the study. Currently good
knowledge of the English language is a crucial resource for adults. Empirical
research, the results of which will be given later, was carried out when one of the
authors of the article in question was taking CELTA (the Certificate of English
Language Teaching for Adults). The Communicative approach is the main one
CELTA is based on. The country residents of which have a good command of
two or more languages is not only competitive on the international arena but also
has a wide access to foreign technological resources. It should not come amiss
to mention that knowledge of a foreign language facilitates understanding of social and cultural features of English speaking countries. The author of the article
aims to investigate what kind of motivation, internal or external, makes students
from Spain or Ethiopia leave their native countries and go abroad to study English as a second foreign language.