THE FORMATION OF THE MOTIVATION TO STUDY A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OF THE STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Sumtsova Olga Vitalyevna
Tomsk Polytechnical University Department of the English Language and Technical Communication
Abstract. In the article the conditions of the formation of the motivation to study a foreign language of the students of technical higher education establishments and the basic kinds of motivation are considered. The topicality of the research is doubtless. Though the necessity to know a foreign language and its importance for the specialists of various spheres of activity are well understood, the graduates of non-linguistic higher educational establishments have difficulties while mastering a foreign language. One of the reasons explaining this phenomenon is the low motivation to study a foreign language.
Key words and phrases: коммуникативные умения, мотив, внешняя мотивация, внутренняя мотивация, личная мотивация, communicative skills, motive, external motivation, internal motivation, personal motivation
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