Author:
Smolovik O.V.,Kushnyr M.A.,Shobonova L.Yu.
Abstract
The article deals with the study of the gaming technology in teaching a foreign language to primary school children and its influence on their motivation. Nowadays it is relevant to start mastering a foreign language at primary school. The article presents the psychological and pedagogical characteristics of primary school children, emphasizes the importance of academic motivation, reveals the peculiarities of the gaming technology, gives examples of its practical application and shows the results of the experimental research identifying the impact of this method on the level of young learners’ motivation. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of practical application of the gaming technology on primary school children’s motivation in the process of the foreign language acquisition. The methodology of the study is a theoretical analysis of psychological research, empirical research methods, qualitative and quantitative analysis of empirical data. The results show that the use of the gaming technology increases academic motivation of primary school children.
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