Motivating Students to Learn English by Responding to their Interests and Learning Styles

I observed that students from Barranquillita public school had a great lack of motivation, low interest in learning English and they did not like to interact in English class. They presumed that they could not learn a second language and it was not useful for them because they only wanted to finish...

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Main Author: Moreno Aguilar Magda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2001-08-01
Series:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11346
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description I observed that students from Barranquillita public school had a great lack of motivation, low interest in learning English and they did not like to interact in English class. They presumed that they could not learn a second language and it was not useful for them because they only wanted to finish school in order to go to work. In view of this, I considered it necessary to know my students´needs, likes, learning styles, preferences
 and dislikes better in order to design activities that would motivate their interest to learn English. Taking into account this issue, I decided to give my students the possibility to have contact and experience in the English language in order to
 increase their communicative competence.
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spelling doaj-art-72a080d7c0ce4ca99b8b590da63cd3cb2025-08-20T01:57:54ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902001-08-0121Motivating Students to Learn English by Responding to their Interests and Learning StylesMoreno Aguilar MagdaI observed that students from Barranquillita public school had a great lack of motivation, low interest in learning English and they did not like to interact in English class. They presumed that they could not learn a second language and it was not useful for them because they only wanted to finish school in order to go to work. In view of this, I considered it necessary to know my students´needs, likes, learning styles, preferences
 and dislikes better in order to design activities that would motivate their interest to learn English. Taking into account this issue, I decided to give my students the possibility to have contact and experience in the English language in order to
 increase their communicative competence.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11346
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