This document discusses strategies for motivating students in the language classroom. It defines intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and outlines things teachers should consider, like having a good attitude and solving students' doubts. Some strategies discussed are creating a pleasant learning environment, emphasizing the usefulness of the language, giving feedback, encouraging self-evaluation, and respecting students. The overall message is that the teacher's attitude is crucial and that not all strategies will work for all students.

1. STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM MARÍA ÁGREDA LABRADOR [email_address] UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA

4. “ Motivation n. the factors that determine a person’s desire to do something. In Second Language and Foreign Language learning, learning may be affected differently by different types of motivation. Two types are sometimes distinguised: a) Instrumental motivation: wanting to learn a language because it will be useful for certain “instrumental goals”, such as getting a job, reading a foreign newspaper, passing and examination. b) Integrative motivation: wanting to learn a language in order to communicate with people of another culture who speak it. (Further reading: Gardner and Lambert 1972)” RICHARDS, J., PLATT, J., & WEBER, H. Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics , 1985. (p. 238)

7. “ ‘ It’s a game, isn’t it, Mary Poppins?’ ‘Well, it depends on your point of view. You see, in every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and –snap!- the job’s a game. And every task you undertake becomes a piece of cake…’” Disney motion picture: “Mary Poppins” cited in DÖRNYEI, Z. Motivational Strategies in the language classroom . Cambridge University Press, 2001. (p. 113)

8. “ ‘ Mary was a friend I had in college. Without saying much, she always made really good grades. It was a mystery to me. I wondered how she did it, so I began observing her more closely… Some of her classes were not really interesting to her, but still she wanted to learn and to make good grades. So she pretended (and then actually believed) that what the proffesors were saying was extremely interesting. Then she became excited about telling everybody about it…’” MURPHEY, T. Language Hungry: An introduction to Language Learning Fun and Self-Esteem. Tokyo: Macmillan Languagehouse, 1998. (p. 21) In DÖRNYEI, Z. Motivational Strategies in the language classroom . Cambridge University Press, 2001. (p. 113)

18. THANK YOU! María Ágreda Labrador [email_address] University of La Rioja