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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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2001-08-01
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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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