INCREASING MOTIVATION TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BY ORGANIZING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS OF NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to an urgent problem of modern pedagogy in the context of distance education, which is caused by the spread of the coronavirus epidemic – increasing students’ motivation to learn a foreign language. The authors believe that the use of extracurricular work is one of the methods of increasing motivation and quality of education and cite as an example their experience of teaching French to students of technical and natural specialties of the Northeastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov. Work experience and questionnaires among students studying French at a non-linguistic university show that the proposed types of extracurricular work are the most successful for the formation of positive motivation of students. Lack or insufficient motivation to learn a foreign language can slow down the learning process and lead to worse language acquisition results.