TEFL Certification: Unit 3 & 4
Intrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER-This is the urge to engage in a
learning activity for its own sake, for the enjoyment it provides, or the feelings of
accomplishment it evokes. This learning is driven by personal achievement.
Extrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER-Derived from external incentives,
reward, and success.
Key Elements of Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER-1. You need to be motivated
to motivate them
2. Everyone can be motivated in some way or another
3. Motivation should be multi-directional
4. Motivation doesn't last
How can you drive motivation? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Make them aware of
their own success
2. Set clear goals
3. Explain purpose and usefulness
4. Vary classroom topics and tasks
5. Generate tension and challenge
6. Create a fun atmosphere
7. Personalize learning
8. Create open-ended exercises
9. Give students a sense of autonomy
10. Assess students
Intrinsic motivation is: - CORRECT ANSWER-the urge to engage in a learning
activity for its own sake
Which of the following is an untrue statement?
You need to be motivated to motivate the students.
Motivation lasts all of the time.
Each learner can be motivated in some way or another
Motivation should be multi-directional. - CORRECT ANSWER-Motivation lasts all
of the time.
, Which of the following approaches would fail to influence and drive learner
motivation?
Setting clear goals for the students
Generating tension and challenge
Keeping to the same topics and tasks
Making the students aware of their own success - CORRECT ANSWER-Keeping
to the same topics and tasks
T/F: In relation to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, it's clear which type makes a
learner more motivated. - CORRECT ANSWER-F
T/F: Your role in school is only to motivate learners. - CORRECT ANSWER-F
T/F: A motivation learner gets frustrated by situations involving a temporary lack
of understanding or confusion. - CORRECT ANSWER-F
How to identify an effective learner: - CORRECT ANSWER-1. They find a style of
learning that suits them
2. They take responsibility for the learning
3. They grasp all opportunities to keep learning.
4. They try to figure out how the language works
5. They know that language is used ot communicate, and take risks
6. They study like detectives
7. They use language outside teh classroom
Learning style - CORRECT ANSWER-a more or less consistent way in which a
person perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information.
Kolb's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a classification of learners into four groups:
activists, reflectors, theorists and pragmatists
Activists - CORRECT ANSWER-practical work such as labs, field work,
observation exercises and using visual source material for information
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