THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEANS TO INCREASE MOTIVATION TO LEARN ENGLISH

Abstract

The proposed article is devoted to the study of fictional texts as a means of increasing motivation in the process of learning English. The topic of the article is determined by the search of ways of motivation formation in the process of learning a foreign language on the basis of the consideration of what motivation in general and what ways of its increasing exist in modern methods. The article analyzes the role of motivation in activities and identifies that motivation is one of the most important tools for managing students’ learning activities. The theoretical foundations of formation of motivation in learning a foreign language are characterized. The main stages of scientific ideas in the sphere of pedagogy are reflected in the given work. Such concepts as “motivation”, “learning motivation” are considered and also the samples of creative text tasks as an effective way of increasing motivation in learning English are analyzed and their analysis for developing motivation in learning English is done. The system analysis of available data on the problem of motivation is conducted. Modern techniques of foreign language and their meaning for the formation of students’ motivation are distinguished and described. The complex of exercises contributing to the increase of motivation is found out. The complex analysis of pedagogical, psychological and linguistic knowledge on the problem of research is established. The monitoring of the level of formation of students’ motivation to learn a foreign language, observation, and questionnaire survey was revealed. The methodological principles of studying motivation have been analyzed. The regularities of motivation development as the highest form of regulation of mental processes and the driving force of human activity are highlighted and analyzed. The correspondence of the main components of learning activity organization is established; the leading motives of schoolchildren in learning a foreign language are grouped based on the given theories. The types of learning motivation of modern times are presented. The reasons that prevent students from learning a language are identified. The most motivating factors in language learning are presented.