The motivation to use oral language in the ESL classroom in secondary education

The students' general inhibition to use L2 in the classroom is a reality which every teacher has experienced. The purpose of this research is to observe and describe the reasons for this reality from the students' perspective and obtain some conclusions which can help teachers to improve the situati...

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Autores principales: Padial Campón, Rosario, Tapia Carrillo, Elena
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Grupo Editorial Universitario 2007
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Sumario:The students' general inhibition to use L2 in the classroom is a reality which every teacher has experienced. The purpose of this research is to observe and describe the reasons for this reality from the students' perspective and obtain some conclusions which can help teachers to improve the situation. A survey was passed among students of ESO and Bachillerato as well as among their teachers. This showed that students must be intrinsically motivated and the teacher must help them to raise their self- worth and reach autonomy. This seems to be the most important factor although there are some others such as interactive pattern, feedback and the role of the teacher itself. The reality reflected by the surveys is totally opposed to the most current methodological tendencies