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Filatova M.V., Sharunova S.V.

MOTIVATION AS THE BASES OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Ivanovo State Power University

 

This article is devoted to motivation as one of the most important notions in organizing the process of language learning in a technical institution of higher education. Much attention is paid to cultural awareness which is performed in Ivanovo State Power University through several extra programs of language learning, aimed at the development of communication skills – the bases of success in modern world.

Key words: motivation, experiential language learning, cultural awareness, intercultural communication, language personality.

It’s not a secret for any instructor that it is much easier to teach a motivated student, who has his own idea of using his knowledge in practice. H. Douglas Brown writes in his book “Teaching by Principles”: “One of the most complicated problems of second language learning and teaching has been defining and applying the construct of motivation in the classroom. On the one hand it is an easy catchword that gives teachers a simple answer to the mysteries of language learning. “Motivation is the difference,” I have heard people say, “between success and failure. If they are motivated, they’ll learn, and if not, they won’t.”[1] We think that it isn’t just a simplification. We can prove this statement using our own experience.

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