Didactic games to stimulate motivation in a1 level students at the University of Matanzas.

Abstract

Motivation is widely acknowledged in the context of students' social and linguistic development. Games and motivation play important roles in language learning as they favor students' performance, activate their rapid and strong thinking, and propitiate the conscious acquisition of contents. An aspect to be considered in this direction is the poor use of games to promote college students' motivation, helping them be actively involved in the language learning process. Due to the last, the scientific problem is: How to stimulate motivation to learn the English language in A1 Level students of the Major Program in Accounting and Finances at the University of Matanzas? The use of games not only facilitates the development of motivation by keeping interested and work levels but also language learning. The authoress addresses the issue from a theoretical and practical interconnecting of gaming methodology with theories of foreign language acquisition. So, the research is guided to design: A system of didactic games to stimulate motivation towards English language learning in A1 Level students of the Major Program in Accounting and Finances at the University of Matanzas. A system of theoretical and empirical methods was applied, supported by the application of the dialectic-materialistic method, which allowed the justification and recommendation of a solution to the scientific problem identified, as well as drawing conclusions and provide recommendations. The proposal was elaborated taking into consideration the pedagogical, methodological, and didactic rationale of the Cuban pedagogy nowadays. The research also exposes the main basis for the further application of the scientific result.