MOTIVATION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORY REQUIRED FOR SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Abstract

Language is the principal medium for establishing religions, laws, moral conventions, «creating» culture etc. Besides, it is the only medium for the enhancement of cultural experience and cross-cultural communication.
At this stage of our study motivation and emotional memory required for SLA are under study.
The theoretical bases: the topic includes disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to SLA, motivations, emotional memory. During our research, we have turned to the theories developed by, Fadiga L., Brown D.H, S. Krashen, L. Vygotsky, J. Schumman, Edelman etc. We are inclined to creatively combine main concepts of the up mentioned theories in order to secure multisided, holistic approach to the object under study.
Linguistic data: the examples are ranging from preschool to university levels.
The results of the analytic research allow us to assume that the learner appraises the teacher, the method, and the syllabus, as well as the target language, its speakers and the culture in which it is used based on his/her past experience and cultural background. Besides these personal preferences there exist common basis for all the second language learners. The best methods for second language teaching are those which are based on these common features and are flexible enough to undergo certain changes depending on the learner’s characteristic features, needs, motivation, cultural background etc.