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5 Ways to Promote Your Students’ Intrinsic Motivation to Learn English
While vinegar may be a good dressing for a fresh garden salad, it’s not the way to attract bees.
They say honey does the job, but I’m pretty sure brightly colored flowers would produce the same results, because bees like them too.
And even though gardening may not be my forte, I do know that honey and flowers are important in the ESL classroom, too.
Figuratively, anyway.
You know as well as I do that honey, flowers and vinegar aren’t just about the bees. They’re about motivation.
One of the toughest tasks a teacher can have on their plate is to motivate their students the right way—that is, motivating them from the inside rather than from the outside.
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Learning English
Motivation can be categorized into two types: intrinsic and extrinsic.
Intrinsic motivation is a drive that comes from within a person. People are intrinsically motivated when they enjoy doing an activity.
Extrinsic motivation is a drive that comes from outside of a person. People are extrinsically motivated when they want to gain a reward (like a prize or a good grade) or avoid a punishment.
Generally, when someone already has intrinsic motivation, rewarding them can actually decrease their intrinsic motivation, making them less interested in the activity and therefore decreasing their performance.
However, when someone isn’t interested in a subject—meaning they have no intrinsic motivation to learn about it—giving rewards can get them to participate in the activity, which might then spark some intrinsic motivation within them. Extrinsic motivation can lead to intrinsic motivation.
Though this isn’t always the case, most ESL students already have intrinsic motivation to learn English. They have a goal in mind, whether it’s related to business, academics or something else, and English is necessary for them to reach their goal. So they want to engage in learning the language.
With that in mind, too much praise or extrinsic motivation can actually hinder their learning. That’s why your students will perform best when you focus on motivating them intrinsically rather than extrinsically. In other words, encourage their already present desire to learn rather than tempting them to learn with external rewards.
Motivating Students to Learn English with 5 Smart Tactics
1. Make Class Communicative
One way to encourage your students’ intrinsic motivation is to make class communicative.
Part of the joy of language is using it to communicate. Language learners get a rush when they can successfully translate their thoughts into words and get their points across.
Aside from the fun of communicating, it’s also what most students want to get out of learning English.
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