Professional-and-personal motivation of foreign medical students for studying Latin language

Every teacher is supposed to make his subject interesting and useful as much as possible. One of the ways to fulfill this task is to make deep analysis of the students’ needs and motives. The article suggests the possible means to increase the motivation of foreign English-speaking medical students for the Latin language course. It’s been observed that the presentation of all the potentials of the discipline, such as the development of the terminological apparatus in three languages (Latin, English and Russian), the assistance in the study and understanding of profile subjects, the foundation of moral basis for the future profession promote real increase of the students’ interest for the Latin language. As a result, the foreign students’ needs for the improvement of corresponding professional-personal qualities become the prevailing motivation for the study of the «Latin Language and the Basics of Medical Terminology» course