Motivational Strategies Used by Iranian High School English Teachers

Motivation is regarded to be one of the crucial factors that leads to success in L2 learning. L2 motivation has been the focus of research for a considerable period of time and sophisticated models have been developed. However, relatively few studies have investigated how and to what extent L2 learners’ motivation can be increased by EFL teachers in the classroom. In the present study 50 EFL teachers completed a 48-item questionnaire designed by Cheng and Dörnyei (2007). The findings revealed that EFL teachers in Iran favored strategies that are mostly related to teachers proper behavior in the classroom. The results of the present study have the potential to inform and make EFL teachers more aware of the variety of effective motivational practices which aid and encourage students to achieve the intended learning and performance in the target language.