Student team of Natural Sciences and

Mathematics Faculty TPU

Motivational approach Motivational approach to English language learning and to English language learning and

teaching teaching

• Motivation: definition, typesMotivation: definition, types

• Students’ needs analysis Students’ needs analysis

• Factors which determine motivationFactors which determine motivation

• Integration of culture into ELIntegration of culture into EL classesclasses

• Students’ autonomy in EL learningStudents’ autonomy in EL learning

Plan:Plan:

Motivation: definition, typesMotivation: definition, types

Motivation isMotivation is

• something which stimulates and evokes a person to perform an action

• a source of human activity

Motivation: definition, typesMotivation: definition, types

MotivationMotivation

ExtrinsicExtrinsic IntrinsicIntrinsic

Students’ needs analysisStudents’ needs analysis

Variety of EL tasks and activitiesVariety of EL tasks and activities

40%40%

18%

0%2%

0%

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18%

34%

48%

Ss' willingness to provide EL classes

Yes

Sometimes

No

10,4%

6,6%

23,6%

2,8%

15,1%

16%

25,5%

Variety of EL tasks and activities Reading texts

Doing tests

Listening comprehensionWatching video

Making reports

Role plays

Presentations

Factors which determine motivationFactors which determine motivation

Integration of culture into ELIntegration of culture into EL classesclasses

Bilingual cultural personalityBilingual cultural personality

• standard-adaptive

• social-adaptive

• creative

Integration of culture into ELIntegration of culture into EL classesclasses

№ Level Description 1. Standard-

adaptiveS’s cultural background is not very rich, but enough to perform acts of intercultural communication in English

2. Social-adaptive

Ss demonstrate abilities and skills to communicate with a native speaker of English, comprehend and perceive cultural phenomena of the target language

3. Creative Ss possess highly developed skills to compare and contrast cultural phenomena of English and Russian, conduct a socio-cultural analysis and exploit analysis data in intercultural communication

Integration of culture into ELIntegration of culture into EL classesclasses

Level Council of Europe

TPU scale

Standard-adaptive

A2 Elementary

Social-adaptive B1 - B2 Pre-Intermediate

Intermediate

Creative B2 - C1 Upper-Intermediate

Advanced

1. General skills

2. Using visual aids skills

3. Skills to deliver presentations

TheThe groups ofgroups of skillsskills::

Students’ autonomy in EL learningStudents’ autonomy in EL learning

You can useYou can use:: graphsprops and objectsa blackboard with an outlinecartoons Photographs"interesting" items or maybe a map

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Students’ autonomy in EL learningStudents’ autonomy in EL learning

The The fashionable fashionable

trends of trends of spring-spring-

summer2009summer2009

direction, colours & trends

The living room

The big TV-set

The fireplace

The hide of bear

The wall with photos Come back

Ss are motivated when :Ss are motivated when :• a teacher and a student are partnersa teacher and a student are partners• a goal is transparenta goal is transparent• there is a plenty of communication there is a plenty of communication

tasks used by the teachertasks used by the teacher• culture and language are inseparableculture and language are inseparable• there is a focus on learner’s autonomy there is a focus on learner’s autonomy

developmentdevelopment

ConclusionConclusion