Ways of increasing motivation in the university foreign language teaching

Abstract

The problem of ways of increasing motivation in the university foreign language teaching is analyzed. It is emphasized the motivation can cause the purposeful activity of a student’s personality in learning a foreign language. The analysis of scientific literature that is connected with the problems of motivation as a complex mechanism of the correlation of external and internal factors that determine the appearance and methods of implementation of educational activity forms, its focus on the internal incentives of knowledge gaining, is carried. Attention is focused on the fact that the efficiency of educational activities depends on the strength of motivation. The degree of success depends on the use of techniques and methods of the learning process organizing, which, in our opinion, contribute to the creation of motivational incentives of learning a foreign language: the linguistic and country-specific studies aspect, focus on professional activity, the use of computer technologies in extracurricular work, and educational process gamification. It is concluded that the internal motivation has a great motivating force, and its condition is the creation of the success situation by the teacher that can be reached with the help of reward for successful work system, attracting the additional material of country-specific studies nature, improving communicative skills, usage of educational platforms as homework, usage of the gamification to involve students in solving educational non-game processes and situations.

Gamification – tools for learning foreign languages

“…Four approaches can facilitate the process of increasing motivation: inclusion of cultural aspect of a foreign language, imitation of future professional activity, implementing audio and video materials (inside and outside of a classroom) and incorporating interactive educational platforms [17]. Traditional approaches -mastering intercultural skills, listening to recordings, watching videos, doing role plays and cases -have always been effective tools of increasing students' motivation and enriching an educational process [18].…”