A short presentation on Motivation given to a group of 12 novice teachers at CCBEU-Franca-SP-Brazil.

3. •Thoughts and feelings we
have which make us want
to do something.

5. •Motivation influences:
• Why people decide to do something
• How long they want to do it for
• How hard they are prepared to work to
achieve it

6. Why were / are you motivated to
learn English?
List reasons.

7. • Usefulness
• Culture
• Self-confidence
• Learner autonomy
• Encouragement from others
• Interest in the learning process

8. • Is it possible that learners have strong
motivation in one of those areas and little
in another?
• Can motivation change with age?
• How has your motivation to learn new
things changed over the years? What has
caused the change?

9. • Be a motivated teacher (personal example)
• Prevent anxiety (relaxed atmosphere)
• Interesting, facilitating way to present tasks
• Good relationship with learners
• Increase learners’ self-confidence (they can learn!)
• Interesting classes
• Learner autonomy!!
• Relevant course for students (personalisation)
• Goals awareness (what do they want to learn?)
• Language culture familiarization

10. • How easy / difficult is it for you to
follow the10 commandments for
motivating language learners?
• Who / what motivates you as a
teacher?

12. • http://www.learnenglish.org.uk
• http://www.english-zone.com
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html

13. •Lessons to be learned