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Topic 25. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS CENTRED UPON THE STUDENTS. IDENTIFYING MOTIVATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Introduction. Topic 25 deals with leaner-centered approach and the motivations and attitudes students can have towards the English Language. Students benefit from this topic since learner-centered approach focus in developing students autonomy. Also, analyzing students motivations towards English language help to improve teaching process. It shows practical applications to increase motivations towards English language a therefore related to the English area objective number 8 of the Decree 40/2007 which aims to value the foreign language as a means of communication. Next index will show the structure of the topic which will be develop later. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS CENTRED UPON THE STUDENTS. Theoretical foundations: •	Constructivism, •	Meaningful learning. •	Differences learning. •	Multiple intelligences. •	Pleasant atmosphere •	Types of learners. Practical applications. •	Syllabus negotiation •	Language awareness •	Project work •	Learning strategies •	Self-access areas •	Self-assessment IDENTIFYING MOTIVATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Attitudes: Positive, negative, neutral. Motivation. •	Intrinsic motivation. •	Extrinsic motivation: Practical applications. •	Success oriented tasks, •	Importance English Awareness, •	Pleasant atmosphere •	Interesting materials, •	Contents relating to ss interest

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS CENTRED UPON THE STUDENTS. Learner centered approach put in students on the centered of the learning process and develop responsibility of the learning process. (Hamer, 2007) Theoretical foundations: According with Brewster, professor at South Carolina Univeristy theorical foundations of learner-centered approach are •	Constructivism. Constructivism explains that knowledge is integrated in relation with previous knowledge. Humans establish bridges between new contents and what they already know. •	Meaningful learning. In meaningful learning new contents came in context. Knowledge is significant what helps to learn better. •	Differences learning. Students can be analytical, authoritory, communicative learners.( Ellis, 2007) Anaylitcal learners like to thing about relations and conextion of the contents. Authoritoy learners feel better when the are dirven by the teacher. For example, doing exercises at home. Communicative learners learn better by discussing, talking. They also use to be auditory learners. •	Multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner, in his book, Principles and framework of Multiple Intelligences, 1992, divide intelligences into linguistic, mathematical, spatial, naturalistic, interpersonal...Learner centered approach take into account students differences, analysing students intelligence can helps to differenciated teachiung. Howard Gardner •	Pleasant atmosphere. Plesant atmohpher is helps learning process since avoid stress and shiness. According wiht Stepeh Krashen, american linguistic and profedor at University of Sout California, a pleasant atmospehere ........... •	Types of learners. Practical applications. •	Syllabus negotiation •	Language awareness •	Project work •	Learning strategies •	Self-access areas •	Self-assessment IDENTIFYING MOTIVATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Attitudes: Positive, negative, neutral. Motivation. •	Intrinsic motivation. •	Extrinsic motivation: Practical applications. •	Success oriented tasks, •	Importance English Awareness, •	Pleasant atmosphere •	Interesting materials, •	Contents relating to ss interest