DEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIC MOTIVATION TO STUDY ENGLISH ON DURATION OF STUDYING AND THE TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES USED IN LEARNING AMONG YUGRA STATE UNIVERSITY BACHELOR STUDENTS

Abstract

Under conditions of the increasing globalization in the world, good knowledge of English has become an important constituent of professional competence of graduates with various majors, which highlights the importance of research focusing on non-language university students’ motivation for studying English. This article concentrates on determining the character and strength of non-language bachelor students’ motivation for learning English, studying the dependence of this motivation on duration of studying the discipline and the type of educational resources used in learning the subject. The researchers employ N.C. Badmaeva’s modification of A.A. Rean and V.A. Yakunin’s method to analyze academic motivation. It has been proved that students using such resources as educational sites and video materials have a stronger motivation to study English. It has been found that students who studied English before University have a weaker motivation to master the language as compared with those who were not taught English at school.