Unit 9 Motivation

As motivation is very important I would like to start with this wonderful quotation:

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” –Christian D. Larson

 I would like to explain what I have learned from this unit. First of all, motivation is the thoughts and feelings which make us want to and continue to want to do something and which turn our wishes into action. Regarding this, motivation is one of the key factors that helps students to learn a language. People have the motivation to achieve several things in life. So, we tend to put emphasis in the target language culture. When we learn a language we have confidence about ourselves and this helps us to increase our independence. In the same way, motivating students is very important and as a future teacher I would apply some of the  key areas suggested by Z. Dornyei and K. Csizér. First, I will behave naturally in order to make them to be more confident with me. Second, bring in humor, laughter, and smile. This is very important since a really serious person tend to unmotivate students specially the first day of class. Third, accept mistakes, since they are a natural part of learning. We have to take into account that for them is like to discover something unknown.  As a conclusion, motivating students is really important, if we don't motivate them they are not going to be interested in the language.

References:

·         Tesol.org,. (2014). Motivating Language Learners to Succeed . Retrieved 27 November 2014, from http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/other-serial-publications/compleat-links/compleat-links-volume-5-issue-2-%28june-2008%29/motivating-language-learners-to-succeed

·         YouTube,. (2014). Ways to Stay Motivated Learning a Foreign Language. Retrieved 27 November 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpP08gmM3YU