MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS OF NON-LINGUISTIC SPECIALTIES TO STUDY A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

. The article deals with the problem of the foreign language learning motivation among students of non-linguistic specialties. The relevance of the research is due to the ambiguous attitude of non-linguistic specialties’ students to the foreign language subject. Using the analysis of the learning motivation, the research finds out that this is one of the main psychological and pedagogical problems in the framework of the research of psychological and pedagogical conditions for forming a foreign language learning motivation. The work shows a classification of motivation, and reasons contributing to a decrease in the motivation of learning. The article reveals evidence that allows to determine the development level of a foreign language learning motivation among students of non-linguistic specialties, and its dependence on the psychological and pedagogical activity of the teacher during the educational process. The article summarizes some of the results of the study that firstly, the process of forming a learning motivation is related to the implementation of different approaches; and secondly, there are some important factors affecting the students’ interest in the studied subject.