The Role of Smart Technologies in Maintaining Students’ Motivation to Learn Foreign Languages
- Institution: Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4518-2939
- Institution: Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-9056
- Institution: Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5870-4831
- Institution: Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-5340
- Institution: Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-2942
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 167-180
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.2024.77.3.13
- PDF: tner/202403/tner7713.pdf
The paper aims to study and analyse smart technologies’ impact on students’ motivation to learn foreign languages. The testing method (SLAM), the interview method, the method of expert evaluations, the t-test, factor analysis, and Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient were used. The control group mainly shows instrumental motivation based on the need to learn the language to solve practical tasks, such as professional activities or travel. The experimental group shows an integrative motivation to learn the language to understand the cultural context and communicate with native speakers. It was established that smart technologies significantly increase overall academic productivity, promote easier assimilation of educational material, and enhance interest in learning a foreign language.