ROLE PLAY “NEWS REPORT” AS A WAY TO INCREASE MOTIVATION IN DISTANCE LEARNING

Abstract

The article is dedicated to an actual and relevant phenomenon of high importance in modern education – distance learning. The article examines and analyzes works of modern researchers on the advantages and disadvantages of modern distance learning, and pays special attention to the problem of low level of motivation among students in the context of distance learning due to the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. The author describes in detail the ARCS (attention, relevance, confidence, satisfaction) motivation model of the modern American scientist John Keller, studies its strategies and gives a generalized description of its feasibility. The author examines in detail the role play “News report” and its types, gives recommendations on the preparation and the course of the role play itself. Based on the application of the ARCS motivational model to the role play “News report”, the author concludes about the high importance and relevance of this motivation model in the distance learning process.