Unit 9

Motivation

Key factor that helps make language learning successful 

Confidence, learner autonomy/independence and achievement, all are part of feeling good about learning a language. Managing to communicate in a foreign language can make us want to communicate more and better. Encourage and support helps us to realize the importance of learning a foreign language and give us emotional support as we learn. 

Nowadays we have many ways to motivate our students it is just a matter to be organize and imaginative to help student achieve their goals for that here we have some strategies: a)Show your enthusiasm in the subject and use appropriate, concrete and understandable examples to help students grasp it. b)Set short terms goals and celebrate when they are achieved. c)Recognize work in class, display good work in the classroom. d)Create an atmosphere that is open and positive but with respect. f)Give students the appropriate feedback for each task. f)And the most important. Do not forget to always say to student how well they did every day. 

If we think we are good at something, we want to do it.!

Find more information in :

• Antimoon.com, (2014). Motivation for learning English | Antimoon. [online] Available at: http://www.antimoon.com/how/motiv.htm [Accessed 26 Nov. 2014].
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• Serc.carleton.edu, (2014). Motivating Students. [online] Available at: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/affective/motivation.html [Accessed 26 Nov. 2014].
• YouTube, (2014). Student Engagement & Motivation Strategies & Tips.wmv. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yOOwGYYfU [Accessed 26 Nov. 2014].