Speaker: Sherzod Jabbarov
This presentation emphasized the significance of student motivation in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) contexts. It discussed the importance of relevance, goal orientation, authentic materials, task-based learning, learner autonomy, feedback, collaboration, and professional development in motivating ESP students. By demonstrating the practical use of English in their field, setting clear goals, using authentic materials and tasks, promoting learner autonomy, providing feedback and recognition, encouraging collaboration, and offering professional development opportunities, educators can create an engaging and effective learning environment for ESP students. This, in turn, leads to increased engagement, better language proficiency, and successful achievement of language learning goals in ESP contexts.
The speaker shared some material for further reading like “Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom” by Zoltan Dornyei discusses various factors that can impact student motivation in language learning, such as relevance and purpose, goal orientation, authentic materials and tasks, task-based learning, learner autonomy, feedback and recognition, collaborative learning, and professional development opportunities. The article emphasizes the importance of fostering student motivation in language classrooms and provides strategies for educators to enhance it, leading to better outcomes for the learners and articles with links.