Abstract
The paper deals with studying the problem of motivation in foreign language learning. This work is performed within the general topic of scientific research on building a concept for improving students' motivation in learning a foreign language by means of musical influence. Development of this concept provides for the experimental study and clarification of leading motives for learning a foreign language. In our paper we discuss the particularities of foreign language as an academic discipline and students' psycho-physiological particularities reducing their motivation. The results of the experiment show that the interest of students to learning a foreign language is episodic in nature. The leading kind of motivation is the coercion motive i.e. seeking to avoid troubles and criticism. Initially set up to failure, the students feel insecure and anxious. We assume that the musical art included into learning activities in a natural manner promotes the creation of positive emotions, development of interest in studying the subject and thus improves the quality of education. Adjustment of emotional state of the educational activities subject using music contributes to optimization of learning activities. So, we see the prospect of our further research in selecting pieces of music and studying their impact on the subject of academic activities as psychological tools for creating emotional comfort, developing the interest in the study of the subject and, as a consequence, increasing the efficiency of the educational process. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s5p115
Highlights
Education in Russia is aimed at the development of children's intellectual and personal resources which promote self-development and efficient self-implementation in the future
The goal of our experimental study is to identify the features in the development of the main motives of the foreign language learning in adolescents
The ascertaining experiment that took place in four stages within two months was conducted with an objective to identify the features in the development of the main motives of the foreign language learning in adolescents
Summary
Education in Russia is aimed at the development of children's intellectual and personal resources which promote self-development and efficient self-implementation in the future. Today the central task of the school is to support the development the learning, cognitive, creative motivation in students that provides them with an understanding of the value of personal activity, focusing on the implementation, and optimization of intellectual forces and efforts on the process and result of activity. Arkhipova, 2013; N.V. Shutova, 2013; , V.G. Aseev, 1986; A. Kesler, 1973 et al.) note that the today's adolescents have an ambiguous attitude to foreign language as a school subject, insufficient motivation in learning it. We believe that one of the causes of this phenomenon is insufficient level of theoretical and experimental development of the problem of motivation development in foreign language learning, the arrangement of psycho-pedagogical conditions in educational institutions does not meet the educational needs."
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