Humanities & Social Sciences 5 (2015 8) 972-980 ~ ~ ~ УДК 378.09 Ways to Support Student’s Motivation in Academic Writing Course Elina S. Chuikova* Samara Branch of Moscow City Teachers’ Training University 213 Novo-Vokzalnaya Str., Samara, 443084, Russia Received 12.12.2014, received in revised form 10.02.2015 accepted 28.02.2015 The article focuses on methods of teaching academic writing in Russia. <...> Intrinsic motivation is the key to effective foreign language acquisition. <...> The author examines factors that make motivation to use English for academic purposes (EAP) wane. <...> The researcher suggests different solutions in the area of writing for academic purposes. <...> They all stand within the learner-centered approach, and they are aimed at humanising the process of teaching academic writing. <...> Additionally, they link students’ interests with the real demands of the Russian policy in higher education and science. <...> A teacher may resort to various sources of motivation, both global and situational, or task oriented: social demands, “intellectual curiosity” (showing future perspectives), professional achievements, and genuine communication with the readers’ feedback. <...> The author concludes that intrinsic motivation creates a unique educational environment which contributes to easier perception of academic writing numerous conventions. <...> By writing, students learn general rules of communication, tendencies common for any speech mode in a professional context. <...> They develop their skills and abilities of critical thinking, organising their ideas in a logical way, presenting the results of the research in accordance with the conventions of academic environment. <...> Academic writing in a foreign language for EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers happens to be a more complicated phenomenon © Siberian Federal University. <...> My 10 year experience as a lecturer in Academic Writing in a Russian University has led me to the problem of motivation that primarily causes low effi ciency of academic texts written by Russian-speaking students in English. <...> Similar correlation of low motivation and negatively predicted Elina S. Chuikova. <...> Ways to Support Student’s Motivation in Academic Writing Course performance in writing is stated in academic context in other countries as well (Baaijen et al., 2014, Sanders-Reio et al., 2014). <...> Statement of the Problem Making <...>