Methodological aspect of increasing the motivation for science studies undergraduates to learn a foreign language

DOI

10.2991/ismge-19.2019.49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

motivation, modern motivation development procedures, technology of team work, project work

Abstract

Motivation is considered to be an essential condition of facilitating any activity. In order to create a positive motivation in the process of learning foreign languages, teachers need to have a clear understanding of aims, required procedures and techniques for elaborating new learning paths. The main purpose of motivation in teaching foreign languages is to stimulate and promote cognitive activities that ensure active participation and work of students during the lessons, make students take an interest in foreign-language culture and development of foreign-language communication skills. This article reveals both the basic definitions and concepts of motivation, analyzes them and describes the most effective procedures and techniques that should be applied when teaching foreign languages for social studies and science students. The importance of methodical development, material and methods used during the lessons to form motivation is emphasized. The stages of both classroom and extra curriculum educational activities are identified and the main methods used at each of them are represented. According to the selected stages, the proposed methods have been tested at Togliatti State University. As a result of the implementation of the suggested methods, the growth of students’ motivation and performance indicators in the experimental group has been shown. According to the data obtained, it was concluded that the amount of the students who have progressed to a new level in the exposure group was higher than the percentage of transition to a new level in the reference group. Thus, a thorough analysis of the curriculum of the degree program, development of educational material content taking into account both psychological and cognitive age peculiarities and foreign language competence of the exposure and control groups, correct arranging the students’ cognitive activities during classroom activities and extra curriculum work, use of modern computer-aided technologies, well-structured system of feedback and reflection ensure motivation to learn a foreign language.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Svetlana Gudkova
AU  - Marina Emelina
AU  - Natalia Yashchenko
AU  - Diana Burenkova
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Methodological aspect of increasing the motivation for science studies undergraduates to learn a foreign language
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Practical Conference "The Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" (ISMGE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 254
EP  - 261
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ismge-19.2019.49
DO  - 10.2991/ismge-19.2019.49
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