PEDAGOGICAL COACHING AS A MEANS OF INCREASING STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article reveals current possibilities of pedagogical coaching as a means of increasing students’ motivation to learn a foreign language. Immediately before talking about the main problem of the study, various approaches to the interpretation of the term “coaching” are considered, the applicability of this technique in the pedagogical science and practice various branches is proved. The researchers study the main possibilities of coaching, which allow both to develop the future specialists’ self-presentation and to help them in creating their own professional methodology. The article considers the use of coaching both within the framework of the educational process as a whole, and for solving specific educational problems that arise in the process of teaching students a foreign language. In addition, the requirements that the participants of the educational process must comply with for the successful implementation of this methodology are investigated.