Pronunciation ChallengeExtrinsic vs Intrinsic Motivation: Are You Listening or Following Your Heart?

While most rewards singnificantly nudermine our instrinsic interest, positive feedback, which is an extrinsic motivator, inspire us to keep going.

day 15

Intro:

G’day Voicetubers, how are we all today? Whether you are a parent or not, our video today is actually really interesting to watch because it helps you look into your upbringing (how you were raised when you were young) and understand how that affects the way you act, think, and feel. First, we need to understand the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is reward-driven behaviour. Being paid to do a job is an example of extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is defined as something that you do because of your inner will and you do it without expecting a reward. Let’s take a look at today’s featured sentence :

Sentence:
While most rewards significantly undermine our intrinsic interest, positive feedback, which is an extrinsic motivator, inspires us to keep going.

Pronunciation Tips:
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Vocabulary:
1. undermine KK[͵ʌndɚˋmaɪn] IPA//ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn/
v. to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually

Example -
Ethan hopes that his cold will not undermine his ability to present his speech on stage.


2. intrinsic KK[ɪnˋtrɪnsɪk] IPA//ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/
adj. being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing

Example -
If he really loves you, he would love you for intrinsic reasons and not for your appearance or wealth.

3. inspire KK[ɪnˋspaɪr] IPA//ɪnˈspaɪr/
v. to make someone feel that they want to do something and can do it
v. to give someone an idea for a book, film, product, etc.

Example -
The documentary (film) really inspired me to start exercising more and eat healthy foods.

Outro:

When you are driven by extrinsic motivation, you continue to do the work even if you don’t enjoy it. Why? Well….because you will get a reward after completing the work, whether it is money or praise. How many of you think you are working aimlessly only because you feel the society expects you to do so? And how many of you listen more to what your heart desires and act accordingly? Usually, when you do something out of intrinsic motivation, the outcome is self-satisfaction. Our video concludes by saying that it’s probably good to combine extrinsic and intrinsic motivation together. This way we can learn what we want, and get the feedback we need in order to stay motivated to explore new roads into a better society. For example, an artist who loves to paint follows his intrinsic motivation and spends all his time painting but stays poor. If he learns how to market his artwork and sells them to make good money (out of extrinsic motivation), he would become financially stable and have more freedom to keep doing what he loves. Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?
If you have any thoughts on this topic to share with us, feel free to leave a comment underneath my transcript. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to record your pronunciation challenge. Bye-bye and see you next week!

While most rewards significantly undermine our intrinsic interest, positive feedback, which is an extrinsic motivator, inspires us to keep going.

In the audio Jenny says why this video is interesting, because our actions can be positive or negative in ours lives