THE FORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS’ INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO STUDY COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH COURSE IN A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
THE FORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS’ INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO STUDY COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH COURSE IN A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to describe the ways of forming the intrinsic motivation of higher education students of non-linguistic specialties to learn the English language in the context of blended learning. Traditionally, motivation in education is represented by two types: extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is driven by external factors. When you are extrinsically motivated, you study in order to receive an external reward. Intrinsic motivation comes from within. When you are intrinsically motivated, you do an educational activity because you enjoy it and get personal satisfaction from doing it. A lot of experts in education are sure that intrinsic motivation is more productive in terms of achieving academic success. Therefore, it is very important for a teacher to use all kinds of methods and techniques of teaching a foreign language to intrinsically motivate students to learn English. The first thing to intrinsically motivate and encourage the students of non-linguistic specialties to learn English is to make the process of education interesting. It can be done by incorporating interactive teaching or introducing gamification elements, or using various language learning apps, online platforms and educational software in a blended learning environment. The second possibility to boost intrinsic motivation is to create the situation of success, which can be done with the help of educational testing. Creating a supportive classroom environment and fostering the students’ autonomy are also very important for successful learning. The third way to intrinsically motivate the students of non-linguistic specialties to learn English is to provide profession-oriented learning by using contextualized educational content, implementing roleplaying activities that imitate professional scenarios, providing access to the English language professionspecific resources.

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