Email this article On increasing students’ motivation for studying English as a foreign language at university
- Authors: Pirogova N.G.1, Rozhkov G.A.1
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- Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University
- Issue: Vol 20, No 3 (2023)
- Pages: 35-48
- Section: Theory and methodology of education
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1991-8569/article/view/253318
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17673/vsgtu-pps.2023.3.3
- ID: 253318
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Most English language teachers support the opinion that the students' learning potential increases, when they are positive about studying a language and are highly motivated. The research into the connection between positive attitude and successful second language acquisition confirms this idea. However, it is important to understand that this correlation is influenced by a variety of factors including complex social and psychological aspects of behaviour. The paper looks at the issues related to attitude to and motivation for learning a foreign language. It describes in detail the implemented project that studied the factors that have an influence on motivation and assessed the impact of using special strategies, materials and assignments on developing a positive attitude to language learning. The project is based on action research, which is a useful method with clear stages that allow a teacher to identify, research and apply teaching strategies as well as to analyze results and make recommendations in order to improve these strategies and educational process as a whole.
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Nadezhda G. Pirogova
Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University
Email: pirogova.nadezhda@pharminnotech.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3030-3366
SPIN-code: 2513-7320
Cand. Ped. Sci., Associate Professor in Scientific and Educational Center of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication
Russian Federation, 14, Professor Popov st., Saint Petersburg, 197376Grigory A. Rozhkov
Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: grigory.rozhkov@pharminnotech.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4403-3993
SPIN-code: 9225-0610
Cand. Ped. Sci., Associate Professor, Director in Scientific and Educational Center for Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication
Russian Federation, 14, Professor Popov st., Saint Petersburg, 197376References
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