BUILDING UP POSITIVE MEDICAL STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO LEARNING PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2018.4.9197Keywords:
motivation, interactive teaching technologies and methods, professional English, medical students, questionnaireAbstract
The aim of the work – to find out the peculiarities of building up positive medical students’ motivation to learning professional English by means of interactive teaching technologies and methods.
The main body. The article presents the effectiveness of interactive teaching technologies and methods, which are used in combination with traditional ones in the process of building up positive medical students’ motivation to learning professional English. A level of building up positive medical students’ motivation to learning professional English by means of interactive teaching technologies and methods was determined.
Conclusion. Skillful use of interactive teaching technologies and methods in combination with the traditional ones contributes to building up positive medical students’ motivation to learning professional English and the quality of their professional foreign language training. It develops medical students’ professional skills, activates their creative potential and arises their interest to the subject.
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