The Use of Motivational Strategies in English Classroom

Abstract

The present study entitled The Use of Motivational Strategies in English Classroom was carried out to investigate on the motivational strategies used by English teachers and to explore on the assistance of motivational strategies during teaching and learning in the English classrooms.The study was based on survey research design in which five secondary level English teachers teaching in Katari Municipality, Udayapur were selected through purposive sampling strategy. In the study, the data was collected through observation and interview. This qualitative research is descriptive in nature and interpretation of the data is done based on item analysis. The research found that the teachers used motivational strategies such as; application of reward and punishment, creating a relaxed atmosphere, use of pictures and, increase the learner's self-confidence, pair work and group work activities, encourage students for further learning. The teachers had successfully used the motivational techniques with appropriate teaching methodologies in the classroom. They were able to fulfill their objectives of using the motivational techniques and also the students were actively taking part in classroom activities with greater enthusiasm. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of the thesis along with background and context of the study, purposes of doing the research, significance of the research, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms whereas, the second chapter contains the relevant literature review, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. On the other hand, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures followed to collect data for this study and instruments used to collect the data. While, the fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of the data. It presents the responses of the participants about the issues of the research. The fifth chapter provides the discussion on the result of the study that was analyzed in Chapter Four. It also contains recommendations for the policy level, practice level and further research level. In the final section, references and appendices are included.