An Investigation of the Teachers’ Strategies used to Increase the EFL Learners’ Motivation

Abstract

The present study aimed at investigating the teachers’ use of motivational strategies and techniques to increase and enhance English Foreign Language Master One student’s motivation, at the department of English, University of Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia, Jijel. Thus, the basic hypothesis adopted in this research set out that in the context of the university of Jijel,teachers would use a variety of motivational strategies to help their learners achieve better productivity,so when teachers implement and use the motivational techniques appropriately, the learners are supposed to be motivated to learn. Moreover students are supposed to be aware of the teachers’ use of these motivational strategies. To accomplish this study, two questionnaires were conducted, for both teachers and learners. The learner’s questionnaire was administrated to 64 English Foreign Language students. The second was addressed to five teachers in the English department at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia Jijel University. The obtained results showed that the lion’s share of teachers are relying on motivational strategies when delivering their lessons.Moreover, the appropriate implementation and use of motivational strategies by teachers shapes a very effective framework to increase the learners’ motivation for language use and enhance their classroom participation ,and this is conditioned by the student awareness about the use of motivational strategies ,the thing that confirmed the given hypotheses