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

• Autores: Magda Moreno Aguilar
• Localización: Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, ISSN 1657-0790, ISSN-e 2256-5760, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2001 (Ejemplar dedicado a: PROFILE 2, NO.1. Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development), págs. 31-33
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.