The use of ludic activities as a motivacional strategy for teenagers in the English classroom

Abstract

The role of motivation in classroom is very important, since motivated students tend to achieve better performance and therefore better grades. The use of ludic activities in English classes has been an efficient strategy with respect to student’s motivation to learn. The general goal of this research is to investigate the effect of ludic activities on students’ motivation in a regular school. The specific goals are to identify what type of activity has more influence on students’ motivation and verify if the grammar content is learnt easily after this type of activity. The necessary data for the realization of this research were collected through an action research conducted in my own classroom, in addition to observations and questionnaires applied to students. As a result, it was observed that the insertion of ludic activities in the classroom, in fact, arose the motivation of most students and increased the class performance in grammar activities. It was also observed that the indiscipline in the classroom decreased considerably after the interventions. In this way, the use of ludic activities in English classes seems to be an effective strategy for a more effective and enjoyable learning.