Factors of Providing English Language Learners’ Motivation while Teaching General English to Freshmen Students of American Studies Program (Case of IBSU)

Abstract

Nowadays, English has become a global language and it is spoken in more countries thanany other languages. One of the first motivating factors for the students who wish to continuestudy of English language on advanced level - is its wide applicability. Moreover, each studentunderstands that being a citizen of the country with population over 4 million, most widelyused foreign language will give them the best return for their efforts, and particularly in termsof employment opportunities. English has become the language of media, business, science,and international relations, and it is a working language of the majority of international organizationsin the world. The careers that involve lots of travel or international exposure, suchas the airline, tourism and film industries, use English as their official language, and manyemployers require evidence of a certain level of proficiency in English before they consideremploying young people. This means that if students can speak English, they will have widerchoice in terms of possible careers after finishing the university (Crystal, 2003). With the helpof increased English language competences, the undergraduates have an access to someof the world’s best universities at all levels of education. We live in the digital age; 55% of theworld’s web-pages are written in English (Graddol, 2001). “Facebook”, “Google” and othersocial networks are basically in English. The young language learners perceive the role ofEnglish learning through their personal experience when they use computer, brows in theinternet, try to find some specific information they are interested in, watch films, listen to themusic, read journals and newspapers, or try to communicate with foreign friends. This raisesinternal motivation which helps them to set the goal which is connected with the languagestudy on a higher level.