The Role of Motivation in the Development of Foreign Language Competence of Students

Kateryna Oleksandrenko

doi:10.31470/10.31470/2706-7904-2020-15-208-211

Abstract

The thesis studies the phenomenon of motivation of students namely the study of its formation. As a task of the research the author has defined an attempt to assess and analyze the changes of formation of motivation of students after conducting experimental work. The author tries to trace the cognitive process and reveal differences in motivational orientations of students in control and experimental groups. The work is interdisciplinary in its nature and is written at the intersection of psychology and pedagogy. As the key evidence the author presents a positive change among the motives associated with future development of the personality which confirms the assumption about the need to focus on student’s personality, his/her interests and development of personal values, i.e. correct orientation in a student-centered approach and self-actualization of individual students.

Highlights

Communication has been connected with motives and needs of the personality
The first stage of the research included the analysis of changes in motivational sphere of the students in control and experimental groups before and after the experiment
At the beginning of the experimental work social motives and «antimotivation» (I would like to study French as it is more attractive – 1.3/1.5, I would like to study Chinese as it is more prospective – 2.6/2.3) prevailed

Summary

Introduction

Communication has been connected with motives and needs of the personality. The problem of student’s motivation in the development of foreign language competence is undeniable. No one can make students experience something unless they realize and accept it. The problem of motivation in the process of learning may be described as transformation of the taught object into the subject of learning activity. Motivation is regarded as a call to action; dynamic psychophysiological process managing human’s behavior, defining his direction, involvement, organization, sustainability. The investigation of the motives within the structure of the activity is the analysis of the internal activity management. The most valuable motives should become the driving force in the process of learning.

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