B motivation in the esl efl classroom motivation has long been a major problem for most teachers of english as a second language esl or as a foreign language not only in the arab world but also elsewhere. Applying communicative approach in teaching english as a. The study was designed as a qualitative case study, and involved facetoface. Psychological factors affecting efl students speaking.
Ways of motivating efl esl students in the classroom. Pdf factors causing demotivation in efl teaching process. In grappling with the subject of motivation in the foreign language classroom, we will eschew a discussion of its various types, as they have been researched and talked about to death. The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of efl. Particularly, to speak in english for efl student is not easy and need much effort to produce acceptable utterances in english. An investigation into efl learners motivational dynamics during a. Language learning, motivation, university efl students, lebanon. The effectiveness of using films in the efl classroom. The same findings were supported by altamimi and shuib 2009 who conducted one study on petroleum engineering students motivation and attitudes toward learning english. International journal of english studies, 141, 7996. One case study was in an international standard high school and the. Relationship between learning styles and motivation for.
This study examined how a group of chinese efl learners task motivation progressed. Popular culture materials are generally believed to have positive effects on l2 learning. Pdf motivational strategies and student motivation in an. Apr 21, 2020 efl teachers conceptions of professional development during the practicum. Efl students attitudes toward learning english language. This study examined the effectiveness of popular culture materials. A case study is a teaching method based on the description of a real or hypothetical situation. Second, the current study was designed to be a qualitative case study investigating demotivating factors the efl the in.
A case study of a secondarylevel efl class in hong kong congchao hua1 and bin li2 abstract. The development of speaking skills using the immersion. A case study on efl teachers beliefs about the teaching and. Classroom assessment practices and learning motivation. A new approach, tbl, is applied to a traditional classroom situation with the aim of finding solutions to certain problems such as poor learner motivation. Motivation in the esl efl classroom is easily one of the most important factors as im sure most teachers would agree with me. It next presents the results of an exploratory study, using a wide area survey and structural equation. In this study, a survey was conducted with 158 efl learners in a university in the southern lao pdr to explore factors that negatively impacted on their motivation.
Motivation is assumed to play a crucial role in the acquisition of l2 pragmatics because it determines learners level of attention to the pragmatic information to be acquired, leading to more noticing or awareness of the target language features, and this awareness is necessary for converting input into intake kasper and schmidt 1996, schmidt 1993. Therefore, if teachers could motivate students with more reflective and. This article reports on a narrative case study that examines identity construction of a nonlocal efl teacher through positioning of sociocultural selves. A case study of perspectives article pdf available in english language teaching 43 august 2011 with 2,420 reads how we measure reads.
Given the long establishment of english as an international lingua franca, the motivation of english learning among the english as foreign language efl learners is still a challenging issue faced by efl teachers in some contexts. This case study addresses some teachers beliefs from the point of view of english teaching in public secondary education. A mixed ability class of 27 readers, divided into groups of five to six pupils, rehearsed and performed fairy. Retrospective perceptions and prospective insights. Introduction motivating students in the english as a foreign language efl classroom is often a complex and difficult task that involves a multiplicity of psychosociological and linguistic factors d ornyei, 1998. A case study of taiwanese efl learners volume 31 issue 2 chihming chen, huimei liu, hongbin huang. According to moiinvaziri 2009, language learners were simultaneously motivated instrumentally and integratively.
In many cases, these students face difficulties in learning english. An indonesian case study lamb, martin tesol quarterly. Studies have mainly focused on strategies to motivate teachers or the student teacher motivation relationships. This study conducted a qualitative analysis of four collegelevel or above efl learners who are relatively high achievers. This paper is an attempt to analyse one of the documents which may affect the classroom activities of english as a foreign language efl teachers, namely teachers guides. Psychological factors affecting efl students speaking performance speaking has become one of important skills in learning a language especially english.
The influence of task based learning on efl classrooms. Motivational strategies and student motivation in an efl saudi context. These studies were mostly based in an esl setting like canada osullivan, 2009 which may not be relevant to an efl situation such as indonesia. There is not a statistically significant difference in libyan secondary school students attitudes towards learning english language by gender. This study sought to shed light on the relationship between communicative activities and their impact on students. Motivation remedial efl learners a case study college efl. Motivating efl students to develop in the target language is quite complex. The purpose of this descriptive study is to uncover efl instructors. This paper foeuses on motivation of japanese english learners from. The current study probes into english as a foreign language efl teachers conceptions of their professional development during practicum course. It is a case study that develops an indepth analysis of sixteen cases and uses an interview and a likert scale as data sources. Effects of a mobile gamebased english vocabulary learning.
Asianpacific journal of second and foreign language education. In order to capture details, obtain understandings and interpretations of our participants lived stories, we draw on life story. A 5th grade class of a greek state primary school was used and action research was implemented. It aims to explore whether the itm intervention in an english as a foreign language efl context will have an impact on the students speech development and motivation, and will furthermore investigate its feasibility as a teaching approach. This study used a qualitative research methodology. In this article, i explore the complex processes of teacher identity forma tion. Pdf the impact of school on efl learning motivation. In many cases, these students face difficulties in learning english and are often demotivated to learn.
The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of efl learners matthew peacock this article describes a classroom research project to investigate whether authentic materials increase the classroom motivation of learners, a claim often made but rarely, if ever, tested. This article presents research on a case study of the use of readers theatre rt, a group reading aloud activity in which a text is divided into small segments, in a sixth grade english as a foreign language efl class in norway. Her articles more than 80 articles in total on instructed sla, classroom. Studies have mainly focused on strategies to motivate teachers or the studentteacher motivation relationships. A case study article pdf available in ssrn electronic journal july 2012 with 32,073 reads how we measure reads.
The effect of communicative activities on efl learners motivation. Motivation of remedial efl learners a case study ofjapanese college efl learners ybichi kiyotaa abstract. The impact of motivation on english language learning. Article pdf available in english language teaching 43 august 2011 with 2,284 reads. Factors causing demotivation in efl teaching process. Motivation and motivating in efl tefl articles englishclub.
View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. This qualitative, interpretative case study stems from the convergence of three. Motivating students in the english as a foreign language efl classroom is often a complex and difficult task that. Information about the openaccess article individual differences and l2 motivation. As such, the paper stands where critical discourse analysis and language policy. An investigation into efl learners motivational dynamics during a group communicative task.
Studies have mainly focused on strategies to motivate teachers or the studentteacher motivation relationships rather than teacher demotivation in the english as a foreign language efl teaching process, whereas no data have been found on the factors that cause teacher demotivation in the turkish efl teaching contexts at the elementary education level. Introduction in recent years, the most important research effort and educational improvement is the focus on language learners rather than focus on language teaching methodology. The case study of kashan university students shahrzad eshghinejad faculty of literature and foreign languages, department of english language, university of kashan, kashan, isfahan province, iran correspondence eshghinezhad. Pdf motivating efl students to develop in the target language is quite complex. A journal for teachers of english to speakers of other languages and of standard english as a second dialect, v41 n4 p757780 dec 2007. The purpose of the study was to evaluate implementation of a clt approach in. Effects of a mobile gamebased english vocabulary learning app on learners perceptions and learning performance. It was indicated learners were highly motivated towards learning english.
A case study of readers theatre in a primary norwegian efl. Research article full text access investigating what feedback practices contribute to students writing motivation and engagement in chinese efl context. An investigation of efl students vocabulary learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate efl students various strategies for english vocabulary learning and their learning motivation orientations during different educational stages. It also explores the context at which the document is aimed and critiques how efl teachers are advised to teach as well as how efl is taught. Recommended citation gablinske, patricia brady, a case study of student and teacher relationships and the. A case of students in the amazon region of ecuador. This study aims to explore both tertiary students and their lecturers perceptions of teaching strategies that both groups consider impact on students motivation in learning efl in an eastern region of indonesia.
Research in classroom motivation has found that certain strategies can help these students adopt more positive attitudes and become more motivated in the learning. This paper overviews research on motivation as a promoting determinant in second and foreign language classroom and deals with the meaning of motivation, theories of motivation and explains how teachers can generate and maintain motivation in second language classroom. Language learning, motivation, university efl students, lebanon 1. This article gives general guidelines for efl teachers. The present study adopts an action research approach. Demotivation experienced by english as foreign language efl. The use of mind mapping technique to increase efl students motivation in writing a case study at the eighth grade of a junior high school in brebes this article focuses on describing the implementation of mind mapping technique to increase students motivation in writing descriptive text. The use of mind mapping technique to increase efl students. Efl students attitudes towards learning english language. The other result of this study indicated that integrative motivation is more pertinent to esl learning. In many cases, these students face difficulties in learning english and are. The relationship between motivation and pragmatic awareness.
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