Motivational Practice in High-Schools in Vietnam: EFL Teachers’ Strategies from Student Perspective

International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research

مقاله 3، دوره 8، Issue 30 (Spring 2020-No.2)، شهریور 2020، صفحه 49-60   

نوع مقاله: Research Papers

نویسندگان

Van Loi Nguyen^{* 1}؛ Nuong Nguyen Thi My²

¹School of Foreign Languages, Can Tho University, Vietnam

²Long My High School, Hau Giang Province, Vietnam

چکیده

Despite abundant research on teachers’ motivational strategies worldwide, scant attention has been paid to this in Vietnam. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate the high school EFL teachers’ use of motivational strategies reported by students and their attitudes towards these motivational strategies. The participants consisted of 416 students taught by 30 EFL teachers from ten high schools of eight provinces in the Mekong Delta. A semi-opened questionnaire was employed to elicit students’ report on the motivational strategies employed by their English teachers, and their judgments about the value of these strategies. Findings of the study indicated that the teachers frequently used top motivational strategies as reported in previous research. Such strategies were also judged to be motivating by the students. However, noticeably, the students highly valued teacher recognition of their efforts and a harmonious behaviour and ascribed these practice to their increased motivation. Other strategies were also suggested by students that teachers should use. The implication is that cultural differences mediate students’ perceptions, and that the EFL teachers in the context should attend to fundamental strategies, and the ones preferred by students.

کلیدواژه‌ها

motivational strategies؛ student perspective؛ EFL؛ high-school