МОТИВАЦІЯ ЯК КЛЮЧОВИЙ ФАКТОР УСПІХУ СТУДЕНТІВ У ВИВЧЕННІ АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ ПРОФЕСІЙНОГО СПРЯМУВАННЯ

Abstract

The English language has been a language of global communication and there is no doubt that any graduate is expected to master this language in their professional environment. Hence, the English language is an important need for students, especially Vocational English that is why students seem to be highly-motivated. Motivation of students in English for Specific Purposes is an important task for a teacher as it can lead to their success or failure. The article is aimed at considering the importance of motivation for students and studying how teachers can enhance it to improve second language teaching, in particular ESP. In the article, there have been considered two key motivations, namely instrumental and integrative ones and there have been supposed some techniques which build instrumental and integrative motivation. In order to build these two kinds of motivation a teacher is to enhance the students’ enthusiasm in learning second language during the whole ESP course. Teachers should implement some techniques which build instrumental and integrative motivation. The task of a teacher is to combine both kinds of motivation to get benefits from them. The main focus is paid to the students’ micro-motivation and its types, namely intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and biological drive. There have been studied advantages and disadvantages of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. The article reveals the importance to develop the students’ autonomy, mastery and purpose which together build intrinsic motivation.