Investigating the Motivational Teaching Strategies of an English Native Speaker Lecturer

Main Author: Setyawati, Sri Wahyuni
Format: Naskah Publikasi NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: ind
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: http://eprints.uad.ac.id/15859/1/JOURNAL_1500004024.pdf
http://eprints.uad.ac.id/15859/
Daftar Isi:
  • In Indonesia, English is learned as a foreign language. One of the most important factors that can influence the students‟ achievement learning a foreign language is motivation. Motivational teaching strategies are effective ways an English lecturer can use to influence students‟ motivation in foreign language learning. The aims of this research are to investigate the motivational teaching strategies used by an English native speaker lecturer and to know the students‟ responses toward the motivational teaching strategies used by an English native speaker lecturer. The type of this study is a qualitative research. The subjects of this study are an English native speaker lecturer and 23 students of the third semester of English Education Department, Ahmad Dahlan University in the academic year of 2019/2020. The researcher uses observation, interview, survey and document for collecting the data. Then, the researcher uses three instruments namely: observation checklist, interview guideline, and questionnaire. To analyze the data, the researcher uses qualitative descriptive as the main analysis and quantitative one as the back up. Using Dornyei‟s framework of teaching motivational strategies, the result of this study showed that the English native speaker lecturer used 34 of 48 strategies of motivational teaching strategies by Dornyei (2001). Of the first category i.e. creating the basic motivational conditions, the English native speaker lecturer applied 9 of 12 strategies, 5 of 11 of the second category (generating initial motivation strategies), 6 of 18 strategies the third category (maintaining and protecting motivation), and 4 of 7 strategies in the fourth category (encouraging positive retrospective self-evaluation). Moreover, the English native speaker lecturer did not apply only few strategies during the teaching because of some considerations. In terms of students‟ responses, the students mostly gave “Often” response toward the motivational teaching strategies used by the English native speaker lecturer. Keywords: EFL, Teaching Strategies, Motivational Teaching Strategies