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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Autor: Moreno Aguilar, Magda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:Repositorio UN
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/25419
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/25419
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/16456/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EFL
TEFL
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Sumario: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.