Motivational Strategies in Language Learning: Student-Teachers’ Perceptions and Views
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Motivational Strategies in Language Learning: Student-Teachers’ Perceptions and Views
In English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context, students’ perceptions of teaching strategies
affect their motivation towards their language learning. These perceptions are influenced by
the context in which they learn. The study is a modified replication of Cheng and Dörnyei
(2007) to which it added interview as an extra data collection tool. This paper aims to
investigate student teachers’ perceptions and views of motivational strategies in the Turkish
educational context. To determine their perspectives, a questionnaire was administered to
103 student teachers studying at the department of English language teaching of a state
university. Thirteen volunteers were interviewed to identify their views on motivational
strategies. The results indicated that EFL student teachers in Turkey were aware of the
importance of motivational strategies. Furthermore, unique to this study, all the examined
strategies were highest-ranked relative to their perceived importance, indicating that
Turkish student teachers attached high importance to all strategies.
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