Motivation is important because it is the reason why we do something, it is the impulse to achieve our goals in life. In the class is very important since students need a purpose to learn the target language without getting bored of being aware of that. So teachers' main objective must be not just to teach the language but teach it in an interactive way so students enjoy learning. As the writer Iain McInally mentioned in his video "learning Enlgish: motivation" if students detect that the material and information presented do not match with their expectations of the language learning process they inmediately will find it boring and will not be interested on that class.
How to develop motivation in the class
The first thing the teacher must do is introduce the target language culture by providing interesting facts and information about its culture. Also teacher must establish a good rapport in the class by valuing every student effort and in this way give students confidence and making them develop their autonomy with interactive tasks in which they can be unique. In addition, teachers must provide authentic materials and not just follow the book, but instead give students realia and exposure to the real world. In this way students will feel comfortable and motivated to learn the target language.Moreover, as the creator of the video "Students engagement and motivation strategies and tips" mentioned and who has been inspired on Michael Grinder, Harry Wong. Ruby Payne and Robert Marzano. some of the most important things for motivating students from the very beginning is: getting to know their interests, challenges and family; a little bit about them. This will increase students confidence in the teacher and motivation to attend to class. There are more tips we have in that video that can be useful for us when teaching.
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Bibliography: Anon, (2014). .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjy8oj6Hpa4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yOOwGYYfU
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