Students' Professional Contests as a Tool for Motivation outside the Classroom

The paper looks through motivation of the law students at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in language learning and especially learning (language for specific purposes (LSP). The objective for the paper was to establish a link (direct or indirect) between the success in English and obtaining professionalism via participation in different competitions, and particularly taking part at Willem C. Vis Annual International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court in Vienna. The authors have been involved in students' training since 2011 and have seen the change of attitude and the success of the team as well as the insight. A teacher needs to find the student's motives to be able to accommodate them. According to the Webster's, to motivate means the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something: the act or process of motivating someone, the condition of being eager to act or work; the condition of being motivated; a force or influence that causes someone to do something. The paper tries to explore how the above statements work regarding the students' professional contest potential for their future careers. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.