The Reciprocal Effects of Both Responsibility and Motivation in Foreign Language Learning Process: a Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Lokman Coşkun

This study aims to analyze the significance of personal responsibility and its positive benefits and also its relations with motivation in foreign language learning environment. Particularly, responsibility enhances motivation and benefits from values and capabilities, since they are considered as central to what it means to learn in the life. In accordance with it, each individual has freedom how to consider his/her choices, behaviors, and actions in the life as well. The study on personal responsibilities and motivation were taken into account to demonstrate how these two features of foreign language learning process can help students take control of their own learning in order to become self-regulated learners. In this regard, self-regulated learning/learner (SRL) model based on social cognitive, cyclical, triadic, and multi-level models by Zimmerman (2001, 2002, 2008, 2011 - 2013) shed lights to explain the details of this article in terms of foreign language learning and the benefits of those models were added in the conclusion. The features of personal responsibility, motivation, cognition, and individual differences (capabilities) were presented in details in order to find out their reciprocal relations, which cause positive outcomes in learning process. Instructional approach was used to compare both responsibility - motivation also their reciprocal relations. As limitation, the study does not include any questionnaire and interview, only the first data, secondary data and the researcher’s individual views were used to explain the study. The study reveals that responsibility not only makes the ways for high level motivation also creates a positive atmosphere for both instructors and students in terms of fruitful outcomes. Actually, responsibilities cause the particular person to benefit from his/her available abilities through self-control and self-regulation.

Author(s):  
Наталя Дмітренко ◽  

The purpose of the article is to identify ways to increase the effectiveness of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication. The combination of personality-oriented, competence-based and communicative approaches in the training process of future Mathematics teachers makes the learning process more efficient and the learning outcomes better. The main strategies of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication of future Mathematics teachers, which should be used in the learning process, are: strategies for overcoming language and speech difficulties in foreign language proficiency; strategies for organizing autonomous learning of professionally oriented communication in a foreign language. Effective implementation of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication is grounded on a set of pedagogical conditions: 1) training students for the formation of educational autonomy, which includes: diagnostics of students to determine individual learning style in foreign language learning; correction and development of skills of autonomous educational activities and expansion of the range of educational strategies; autonomy of students, which is expressed in the independent determination of the goals and objectives of the course, the student’s preference choice of strategies and techniques; education of students’ sense of responsibility, ability to self-assessment and self-control, formation of skills to organize the work in the course of training; 2) providing pedagogical support aimed at achieving educational goals, which involves subject-subject interaction of a teacher and a student, the result of which is the acquisition of specific knowledge, skills and abilities, increasing the level of autonomy and awareness of the meaning and significance of educational activities; 3) creation of an effective learning environment that promotes self-determination, selfrealization and self-development of students and provides material, methodological, technical support for the organization of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication.


Author(s):  
Е.А. Николаева ◽  
Ю.Ю. Котляренко

В настоящее время исследование процесса геймификации обучения концентрируется на трех аспектах: систематизация и развитие принципов моделирования процесса игрового пространства, позволяющих достичь высокого уровня вовлеченности обучаемых в процесс получения знаний; оценка уровня эффективности вариантов технического обеспечения процесса геймификации обучения; разработка методики и методологии оценки эффективности процесса геймификации. Понимание важности проблем управления мотивацией студентов, обучающихся иностранному языку, а также задач по обеспечению высокого уровня вовлеченности в процесс обучения, делает вопросы, связанные с геймификацией курсов иностранного языка в неязыковых вузах, актуальными и перспективными для изучения. Однако, большая часть исследований в этой области ограничивает свою предметную область вопросами, связанными с возможностью интеграции дидактических задач с игровыми технологиями. В связи с этим перспективы геймификации курса иностранного языка детерминированы рамками структурной геймификации, то есть частичным внедрением игровых практик в процесс обучения иностранному языку. В такой ситуации положительные эффекты геймификации процесса обучения иностранному языку могут носить временный и локальный характер, а оценка его эффективности продемонстрирует низкий потенциал в решении задач по формированию коммуникативных компетенций. В статье обосновывается необходимость исследования феномена содержательной геймификации, относительно которой, как правило, и описываются все положительные эффекты организации процесса обучения (самостоятельность, автономность, оптимальный уровень имитации профессиональной деятельности и т.д.). Авторы полагают, что содержательная геймификация процесса обучения должна быть детерминирована не только принципами и алгоритмами педагогического дизайна (корреляцией дидактических задач обучения с техниками/технологиями обучения в зависимости от их дидактических функций и в соответствии с формируемыми компетенциями обучающихся). Оценивая важность вопросов, связанных с проблемами формирования полилингвальной личности, особенностями ее существования в поликультурной профессиональной среде, а также спецификой профессиональных коммуникаций в сети Интернет, авторы обосновывают необходимость разработки принципов содержательной геймификации процесса обучения иностранному языку, основанных на закономерностях построения электронного профессионального дискурса. Currently, the study of the process of learning gamification focuses on three aspects: systematization and development of the principles of modeling the process of playing space, allowing to achieve a high level of involvement of trainees in the process of obtaining knowledge; assessment of the level of efficiency of technical support options of the training gamification process; development of a methodology and methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the gamification process. Understanding the importance of managing the motivation of students who study a foreign language, as well as the tasks of ensuring a high level of involvement in the learning process, makes the issues related to the gamification of foreign language courses in non-language universities relevant and promising for study. However, most research in this area limits subject area to issues related to the possibility of integrating didactic tasks with gaming technologies. As a result, the prospects for gamification of a foreign language course are determined by the framework of structural gamification, that is, the partial introduction of game practices in the process of teaching a foreign language. In such a situation, the positive effects of gamification of the process of teaching a foreign language may be temporary and local, and an assessment of its effectiveness will demonstrate low potential in solving the problems of forming communicative competencies. The article justifies the need to study the phenomenon of meaningful gamification, which, as a rule, describes all the positive effects of organizing the training process (independence, autonomy, the optimal level of imitation of professional activity, etc.). The authors believe that the meaningful gamification of the learning process should be determined not only by the principles and algorithms of pedagogical design (correlation of didactic learning tasks with teaching techniques/technologies depending on their didactic functions and in accordance with the students’ formed competencies). Assessing the importance of issues related to the problems of the formation of a polylingual personality, the peculiarities of its existence in a multicultural professional environment, as well as the specifics of professional communications on the Internet, the authors substantiate the need to develop principles of meaningful gamification of the process of teaching a foreign language, based on the laws of setting up an electronic professional discourse.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-215
Author(s):  
Flavia Kaba

Abstract Due to the rapid developments in educational technology, today’s professors are in search of exploring innovative techniques in order to promote involvement of students in the learning process in general and in the foreign language learning process in particular. This is why today’s students are seen as digital-natives and being motivated for the learning process is very difficult if the modern technology they are familiar with is not utilized effectively in the classroom. When it comes to the assessment part of this process, the situation may become worse, as most of the students feel unwilling due to anxiety problems in general and foreign language anxiety in particular. This study presents an innovative way of assessing students’ skills that they gain during foreign language learning process introducing Edmodo, which is an educational social network that provides a secure learning platform for students and educators. This study is a descriptive one, based on the analyses, surveys, and opinions of different researchers that have implemented this platform in their teaching process. The main objective is to introduce the implementation of various assessment applications through Edmodo.


Neofilolog ◽  
1970 ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Paweł Sobkowiak

This paper aims to explore the rationale of classroom negotiation - understood as a discussion between all participants in the teaching/learning process to decide on the organization of foreign language learning and teaching. It outlines relevant issues connected with the process syllabus and the benefits that can be expected from involving students in classroom decision making. The article presents results of research conducted in Polish schools among both students and teachers at different levels of education in order to see to what extent the foreign language syllabus is negotiated there.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marília dos Santos Lima

The study reported here forms part of a program of qualitative research focusing on the use of collaborative tasks in learning English as a foreign language in Brazil. The research examines the concept of collaborative dialogue (SWAIN, 2000), understood as dialogue that constructs linguistic knowledge within a sociocultural view of language learning. The results indicated that the learners reflected upon the target language, tested hypotheses and reformulated their production in order to promote mutual comprehension in the learning process. The results also revealed that the interaction established during the production of the collaborative dialogue stimulated foreign language learning as the students noticed linguistic gaps in the target language, and sought solutions together.


ReCALL ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
OFELIA R. NIKOLOVA

This study compares the attitude toward instruction of two groups of participants: control subjects who used a multimedia instructional module for French created by the researcher, and experimental subjects who created their own module. Quantitative data did not yield statistically significant differences in their attitudes. In the light of additional qualitative data, possible reasons for this result are discussed: high level of satisfaction with the novelty of instruction for both groups; computer problems, lack of adequate orientation, lack of real outlet for the module and difficulty of the texts for the experimental group. Included are conclusions and recommendations for further research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Quoc Thao ◽  
Nguyen Chau Hoang Long

Self-regulation of learning plays a vital role in improving second/foreign language learning as it can encourage the development of autonomous learners. It is seen that, nevertheless, ESL/EFL learners in different contexts are not fully aware of the importance of self-regulated language learning (SRLL) strategies in their English language learning. The present study, therefore, aims at investigating the use of SRLL strategies by English-majored students at a university in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. This study involved 100 English-majored freshmen in answering a closed-ended questionnaire. The results showed that students sometimes used SRLL strategies, and they used SRLL strategies for keeping and monitoring records and seeking social assistance more often than for other purposes. The findings imply that students lacked knowledge of how to use SRLL strategies and get engaged in using SRLL strategies. This study recommends that students’ awareness of SRLL strategies should be seriously taken into account in order to facilitate their learner autonomy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 201-211
Author(s):  
Володимир Миколайович Манько ◽  
Людмила Іванівна Хіценко

The research is devoted to the experimental verification of the effectiveness of multimedia language laboratories in foreign language learning (on the example of the specialty «Translation»). The study represents the capabilities of multimedia language laboratories in the foreign language learning and the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The article discusses the concepts of “multimedia technologies” as digital delivery of content using more than one medium which influences several perception channels of information, and “multimedia linguistic laboratories” as computer classrooms equipped with E-Presenter, multimedia projector, interactive whiteboard and peripheral equipment. Multimedia presentations, electronic studies manuals and Internet access are used to provide the future interpreters with necessary knowledge for doing translation. Modern multifunctional computer software gives the future interpreters the opportunity to form the competence in listening. The use of Skype and Viber helps to develop communicative skills providing communication and cultural interaction with native speakers. MLL’s software and hardware complex provides teachers with a powerful toolkit that helps to create, edit and save tests, conduct tests and collect results, quickly assess and comment on the answers. The statistical calculations confirmed that the implementation of multimedia technology in the educational process, the correct and systematic use of MLL in the foreign language learning, can not only diversify learning process, but also help the future interpreters to achieve a high level of the foreign language competence. The use of MLL revealed a number of methodological advantages over traditional ways of teaching. The authors see the prospects for further research in the creation of appropriate pedagogical conditions for implementing information and communication technologies in the process of training future interpreters.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Baranovskaya

Empirical research supports the long held assumption that self-control, self-esteem, and motivational orientations of adult language learners are important factors in their language learning behavior. However, precisely these variables influence the language learning process has yet to be investigated. The goal of this paper is to examine the role of how self-control, self-esteem and motivational orientations influence the English language learning process. Recent methodological advances and various theoretical frameworks that have guided the present research are considered in this paper. A special “bidirectional course” turning on teacher-learner interaction was designed - a communicative course which promoted learner autonomy. The results indicate that active involvement in learning, monitoring motivation, self-control and self–esteem are positively related to learning outcomes, demonstrating that the acquisition of self-regulation skills have a positive impact on the learning of English.


Author(s):  
I. I. Filipovich

The article reviews innovative approaches to a foreign language learning which employs multimedia and computer technologies. It proves the necessity of the new methods introduction and their difference from traditional approaches. The article shows some advantages of innovative methods and some difficulties of its integration into the learning process. It also defines the role of the Language teacher in the renewed learning process.


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