Lack of Motivation in VET Students: How to Avoid it

Abstract

The present dissertation paper contains an original learning unit proposal, with its respective critical commentary. Said unit arises from the necessities observed in the EFL classroom of VET students, mainly due to the lack of motivation. In order to increase students’ motivation, the present paper aims to replace the traditional approach of teaching and learning with two innovative teaching methods. Said methods were implemented in the classroom to assess motivation increase. These innovative methods are Cooperative Learning (CL) and Gamification. Throughout this proposal, a variety of activities which follow the Cooperative Learning and Gamification approaches will be found. The main purpose of this proposal is to reach an effective learning of the English language in the 1st year of Medium VET in Machining students by increasing their motivation towards the EFL subject. Furthermore, a formative assessment will be included as a method to assess students in a developed and complete way, fostering self-reflection and teacher feedback.