NSTU Module 1.

Language and background to language learning and teaching

Education, FL Teaching in Digital Environments
English for Professional Purposes

Part 2.Background to language learning

Lesson 9.Motivation
Part 1
 Practise TKT task 9 [2, p.56]
Check answers in Answer key for TKT practice tasks [2, p.245]

If you feel, you need to know more about the terms you have come across in the task, study the lesson first
and then practise TKT task 9.

 Study Unit 9Motivation

What is motivation? Key concepts [2, p.53–54]

Make short notes of the material studied.

Write:
 why you were/are/ weren’t/aren’t motivated to learn English. List your reasons;
 which strategies (from the table) were/are most important for youas a language learner / an EFL
teacher.

 Key concepts and the language teaching classroom [2, p.49–50]

Read these tips and choose the ones which are most important for you. Explain why they are most or least
important to you and to the language learners using the terms from the passages.

 First, do FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY [2, p.55]

Check it up [2, p.239]

Part 2
Develop 1 test task of the TKT type (with 3-5 items) with the keys.
Part 3
Open Educational Resources
Find ONE good video resource + ONE picture/scheme/diagram, etc. + ONE article (in Eng or Rus) on the
topic ‘Motivation in language learning’. Why do you recommend each of those?

Video resource

Why?

Picture

Why?

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English for Professional Purposes
Article

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Reference

1. Cambridge English. TKT. Teaching Knowledge Test. Glossary 2015. Cambridge English Language Assessment,
Cambridge (2015).
2. Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., Williams, M.: The TKT Teaching Knowledge Test Course. Modules 1, 2 and 3. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge (2011).https://yadi.sk/i/Q_V9AqDpgvhWpA