Using Videos as an Effective Means of Increasing Motivation in Language Education
The authors of the article consider the urgent problem of increasing the level of educational motivation in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language. Various approaches to determining motivation and its types - internal and external - are considered. An important task of an RFL teacher is to maintain a high level of both external and internal motivation, which contributes to the successful study of foreign languages. In order to identify the need for training and create pedagogical conditions for increasing the motivation of foreign students studying at SWSU, a survey was conducted. The participants of the survey were the students of the preparatory faculty for foreign citizens who have reached a basic level of proficiency in the Russian language, as well as 1-2-year students studying in undergraduate and graduate programs. On the basis of the survey, the factors and motives that activate the cognitive activity of students were identified, ways to create pedagogical conditions that stimulate educational motivation were determined. Learning Russian as a foreign language certainly requires a lot of mental and emotional efforts from the student. An important task of the teacher is to find effective techniques and means to maintain students’ interest. It has been established that one of the most effective means of increasing motivation in teaching Russian as a foreign language (RFL) is interactive lessons using authentic video materials. The inclusion of video fragments in the structure of the lesson activates the cognitive process, allows students to productively master all types of speech activities in everyday, educational and business spheres of communication, to get acquainted with the culture and history of the country, and moreover, it creates conditions for independent work, development of cognitive and intellectual abilities of foreigners.