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

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2001-01-01

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Magda Moreno Aguilar Escuela Barranquillita

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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.

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References

Barsch, J. (1994). “Helping Teachers and Students Understand Learning Styles”. Forum. Volume 32, No. 3: 12-19.

Morgan, B. B. (1982). Look here! Visual Aids in Language Teaching. Essential Language Teaching Series. London: Macmillan Press.

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