Volume 29, Issue 3
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.762
Teachers’ Motivation in ESL Learning Development at Higher Education Level: An Empirical Study
Abstract
This study discusses the role of motivation in enhancing the speaking skill of students at a higher level in Pakistan. It further focuses on speaking and learning problems faced by students at a higher level and how motivational expressions prove meaningful to improve and enhance the speaking skills. Learning and motivation are closely related to each other and cannot be separated from each other. Motivation is a driving force in learning and plays an important role at the primary level. This study delineates the role of motivation and attitudes on students’ L2 learning and speaking at a higher level. This study not only highlights the problems that a child has to face but also gives awareness to teachers at the primary level that how they can motivate their students in classes in order to develop their interest in English learning and speaking. According to the results of this research, some major factors are responsible for this deficiency like incompetent teachers, old teaching methods, background, the influence of mother tongue, lack of students’ interest, tough syllabus, lack of motivations, unavailability of resources and proper guidance and appropriate environment for speaking.
Keywords
motivation, ESL, SLA, Higher Education, Speaking skill