Writing an Essay

Outline

Motion : THBT Lecturers are Responsible for Motivating Students to Learn

Thesis : I strongly believe about this motion which is lecturers are responsible for motivating students to learn

Argument 1 : Basically, motivating each other is obligated for all people not only the lecturers

Argument 2 : Lecturers are one of trained professionally to motivate people especially their students

Argument 3 : Lecturers should make the balances between assignment and motivation to students

Counter Argument : Many people think that motivation from lecturers is not effective because the college student is a mature person

Conclusion : One of the job of  lecturers is obligated or responsible to give any motivation to their students especially to learn


Essay

    Have you ever thought that nobody else gives you motivation to study in this university? Lecturers play a very important role in our lives. Some people believe that the lecturers responsible for motivating their students to learn are not so compulsive. However, I strongly believe in this motion in which the lecturers are responsible for motivating students to learn because all people should motivate one another. And the lecturers have to professionally motivate their students and make the balances between giving an assignment and providing the students with motivation.

      Firstly, I think that motivating another person is obligated not only for all people but also for the lecturers. In fact, in every single day when we talk to one another and want to make other people happy or spirited, we have to motivate them with our kind words that will in turn make them interested in doing something. As we know, not only the motivator but also the lecturer are obligated to motivate. The lecturers have to be responsibile for making their students interested in the subject that will be taught because an educator as a human being has to motivate other people. For instance, when you are an extrovert who needs other people and attends a university and there is a subject that you do not like, you, in my opinion, need a person who will motivate you to study the subject, and the person should be your lecturer. Because your lecturer is someone who will be your "parent" in this university who is "more mature" than you are. Besides, according to my personal experience, I as an older daughter between two of us should motivate my sister to study well. Because as a human, I am obligated to motivate another person. In addition, my sister wants to study more than she did previously when I didn’t motivate her yet. Therefore, the educators which are lecturers should or are obligated to motivate the students to learn.

     The lecturers are among those professionally trained persons to motivate other people, especially their students. The second reason why I agree to this motion is that, as we know, the lecturers used to learn psychology at their colleges or universities in which psychological methods may become the effective ones to motivate the students. Indirectly, they play a role in motivating the students to learn because they had already learnt how to make students interested in their study, have them attend the class, and the like. For example, when you learn how to swim, you have to be taught by an expert swimmer. It is the same as when you are motivated by your lecturer because it is actually their job. You can get any motivation from another person, but the lecturers are responsible for motivating you because it is one of their jobs to educate the people. Based on my experience, 3 months ago, I was a fresh student of the President University. At the time, I joined the bridging program called "Matriculation" to improve my English skills. I was very stressed and bored to enter the class, because I realized that I was not good enough in English. Unexpectedly, the lecturer who taught that subject gave me motivation. And here I am. I am getting more and more motivated to learn English even though I know I have to learn it more. But the point is that the lecturers know our psychological aspects when we are not interested in something and they must motivate us because they really know our problems and other people’s problems. Consequently, we know that the lecturers have an ability to motivate the students well because it has been one of their jobs to motivate the students.

       The last but not least, the lecturers should make the balance between giving the students an assignment and providing the students with motivation. According to Matt DeLong and Dale Winter, Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics: Resources for Professional Development, Mathematical Association of America, 2002, it is stated that teachers or lecturers should give their students motivation. It is because that giving an assignment will not make students stressed about the assignment or the subject that an educator will present. By way of illustration, you are a college student. Sometimes, a lecturer will give you a lot of assignments with their deadlines. I think you will get stressed because of them. You need some motivation, especially from the lecturer who gives you the assignment. You can imagine when the lecturer gives you so many assignments without any motivation. For some students with a good or perfect GPA (Grade Point Average), it doesn't matter. How about the students with a low GPA? They will be doubly stressed. Even, I think they don't want to attend the class anymore. So, you need not only an assignment from the lecturers but also their motivation to make the balance. In my experience,  I had a friend with lower grades in her class. She was so stressed because of the grades but, at the same time, her lecturer always gave her motivation. Only by the motivation did she become more enthusiastic to study and didn't give up. Thus, I was made convinced by this topic because of such a reason.
     Many people think that a lecturer’s motivation is not effective because a college student is a mature person.  Personally, I realize that some people may believe that a mature person doesn't need motivation, especially from a lecturer, but the truth is that a mature person needs motivation too. We are humans who still need other people as our motivation. In the future when you become a parent, do you think that you don't need your parents to motivate you? I think you still need motivation from another person, such as your mother or father. It also applies to a college student. It doesn't matter how old you are, you still need motivation. 

     In conclusion, there is no doubt that lecturers should be responsible for motivating student to learn. One of a lecturer’s jobs is that she or he is responsible for giving his or her students motivation to learn. I believe that everybody still needs motivation; even, a student needs a lot of motivation from the lecturers.