Modern Approach to the Concept of Educational Motivation in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language: Criteria for Formation

This article is focused on the study of the modern approach to motivation, the description of the motivational system and its components that are important in the teaching Russian as a foreign language. The study identifies and analyses key components of the motivational system in the teaching of foreign (Russian) language, which are motives, factors of forming motivation, methods and tools that influence the involvement of students in the educational process. A detailed description of the motivational structure in the framework of modern learning, which is considered as a holistic system, including several key components, allows to form a clearer idea of what influences the motivation of modern students, what needs to be considered when teaching Russian as a foreign language to achieve the best results.

The motivation of educational activities is directly related to such parameters as values, changes in the general culture of society, the level of technological progress, the complexity of knowledge acquisition. The interest of learners is constantly changing, depending both on the characteristics of society as a whole and on the individual characteristics of each individual. The personal component is an important part of changing the educational motivation, which depends directly on the individual’s aspirations, the ways they choose to achieve the goals. It is also important to define the value of a sphere of life of each individual, which is based on a hierarchy of their needs. The description of the components of the motivational system is given in the context of the modern educational environment and is based on psychological and psycholinguistic features of teaching foreign language communication.

The results of the study may be interesting in the linguo-didactical understanding of the components and structure of the motivational system, which provides the creation of an relevant educational environment, which becomes a factor in achieving results in the study of a foreign language.

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