{"product_id":"enhancing-motivation-in-the-foreign-languages-classroom-with-special-focus-on-german-textbooks-teachers-roles-and-learners-interests-von-katharina-okon","title":"Enhancing Motivation in the Foreign Languages Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaster's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Hildesheim, language: English, abstract: Motivation is, without question, the most complex and challenging issue facing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eteachers today (Scheidecker and Freeman 1999:116, cited in Dörnyei 2007:1).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis quotation covers the importance of motivation for successful language learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the modern classroom. There are several ways of enhancing students¿ motivation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the EFL classroom but an important one is to create the lesson on the basis of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elearners¿ interests. Everyone, who looks back on their former school days, might\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremember that learning was more enjoyable when the topics were interesting and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efurthermore, when they were handled in an exiting way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intention of this paper at hand is to present several ideas of improving the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeneral motivation in the classroom according to the consideration of learners¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einterests. In addition to that, the current interests of students from German secondary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschools and the consideration of the interests in the common English classroom will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe presented with the help of a questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paper consists of six main parts. Part one is an overview of the terms motivation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand interest. At first, motivation and interest will be defined in their psychological\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtext and in the following these terms will relate to their meaning in the English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassroom. It is necessary for the further content of this paper because both of these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterms appear frequently throughout the text. In addition to the first part, the second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epart will mention the importance of incorporating students¿ interest in the learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third part of this paper will deal with several possibilities of creating motivational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econditions in the L2 classroom. Therefore, this paper brings four main factors into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efocus: the role of the teacher, the role of the student, the atmosphere in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassroom and the lesson itself. In all four sections several ideas will be given how to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreate a language learning atmosphere that is motivating to the participants of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish classroom. In addition to the third part of this paper at hand, part four is about a research which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis conducted on the basis of the theoretical aspects which are presented in part one,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwo and three. The intention of the research is, to find out the current interests of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudents of secondary schools according to different factors of the English learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassroom and furthermore the handling of students¿ interests in the lessons. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656326137\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWith Special Focus on German Textbooks, Teachers' Roles and Learners' Interests\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656326137","offer_id":39433099116637,"sku":"9783656326137","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e65d1e29-484b-4657-961c-9798b824b9aa.jpg?v=1777959071","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/enhancing-motivation-in-the-foreign-languages-classroom-with-special-focus-on-german-textbooks-teachers-roles-and-learners-interests-von-katharina-okon","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}