Motivation: a determining factor for successful language learning
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2013
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Garro Bustamante, Diego
Mora Abarca, Ana-Sofia
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I Congreso Internacional de Lingüística Aplicada CONLA UNA
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Esta investigación revela que la motivación tiene un papel muy primordial en el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua. Por una parte, si los estudiantes están motivados, el aprendizaje se facilita y se promueve. Por el contrario, si la motivación es baja, el aprendizaje se impide y el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje no alcanza las metas establecidas en un currículo específico. Por lo tanto, es el deber de los profesores el identificar los problemas que afectan a los estudiantes, analizarlos, y proveer soluciones para mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje. Por consiguiente, un estudio etnográfico se llevó a cabo en la carrera de turismo impartida en la Universidad Nacional Sede Regional Brunca para aclarar el tema de motivación en dicha carrera. Esta investigación se realizó con un grupo de la carrera de Gestión Empresarial del Turismo Sostenible. Dichos estudiantes estaban recibiendo el segundo de cuatro cursos de inglés que incorporan las cuatro habilidades básicas llamado Inglés Integrado II. Por ende, esta ponencia reporta los resultados de dicha etnografía. Los resultados muestran que el tipo de evaluación utilizada por los profesores, los cambios hechos a la maya curricular, la metodología empleada por profesores previos al curso, y la falta de instrucción de estrategias de aprendizaje que los estudiantes pueden emplear para mejorar el aprendizaje tienen un impacto notorio en la habilidad comunicativa que los estudiantes de esta lengua extranjera podrían alcanzar. Para llegar a estas conclusiones, los investigadores utilizaron múltiples instrumentos de recolección de datos. Éstos incluyeron: observación no-participativa, observación participativa, entrevista no estructurada, foto etnografía, y recolección de artefactos relacionados al proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje. Ellos permitieron que los investigadores realizaran una interpretación confiable de la situación específica de esta población.
This investigation reveals that motivation is a key factor in learning a foreign language. On the one hand, if learners are motivated, learning is eased and promoted. On the other hand, if motivation is low, learning is prevented and the teaching-learning process does not attain the goals proposed in the specific curriculum. Therefore, it is the task of teachers to identify problems that affect students, analyze them, and come out with solutions to improve the learning process. As a result, an ethnographic study was carried out in the Tourism major at Universidad Nacional Brunca Campus to shed light on motivational issues. This investigation was conducted with one group of Gestión Empresarial del Turismo Sostenible. These learners were taking the second of four English courses that incorporate the four skills, which is called Integrated English II. Consequently, this lecture reports on the results of this ethnography. These results show that the type of assessment by professors, the changes made to the curriculum, the methodology employed by previous teachers, and the lack of instruction on learning strategies that students can use to improve learning have a notorious impact on the communicative ability of these foreign language learners reach. To come to these conclusions, the researchers made use of multiple data-collection instruments. Among them were non-participant observation, participant observation, an unstructured interview, photo ethnography, and collection of artifacts. They allowed the researchers to have a reliable interpretation of the learning situation of this specific population.
This investigation reveals that motivation is a key factor in learning a foreign language. On the one hand, if learners are motivated, learning is eased and promoted. On the other hand, if motivation is low, learning is prevented and the teaching-learning process does not attain the goals proposed in the specific curriculum. Therefore, it is the task of teachers to identify problems that affect students, analyze them, and come out with solutions to improve the learning process. As a result, an ethnographic study was carried out in the Tourism major at Universidad Nacional Brunca Campus to shed light on motivational issues. This investigation was conducted with one group of Gestión Empresarial del Turismo Sostenible. These learners were taking the second of four English courses that incorporate the four skills, which is called Integrated English II. Consequently, this lecture reports on the results of this ethnography. These results show that the type of assessment by professors, the changes made to the curriculum, the methodology employed by previous teachers, and the lack of instruction on learning strategies that students can use to improve learning have a notorious impact on the communicative ability of these foreign language learners reach. To come to these conclusions, the researchers made use of multiple data-collection instruments. Among them were non-participant observation, participant observation, an unstructured interview, photo ethnography, and collection of artifacts. They allowed the researchers to have a reliable interpretation of the learning situation of this specific population.
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MOTIVACIÓN, APRENDIZAJE, ESTRATEGIAS DE ENSEÑANZA, ENSEÑANZA DE IDIOMAS, CURRÍCULO, EVALUACIÓN, ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR, MOTIVATION, LEARNING, TEACHING STRATEGIES, LANGUAGE TEACHING, CURRICULUM, EVALUATION, HIGHER EDUCATION