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Exploring Motivational Strategies Practiced by Saudi High School Female EFL Teachers

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  • Aisha T. Alharbi

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This study looked into Saudi female English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ perception of their motivational practices in the actual classroom in public and private schools. Forty (n=40) EFL teachers filled out a questionnaire consisting of forty-four motivational strategies that were based on a five-point Likert scale ranging from "very important" to "not important." Descriptive statistics have been used to determine the most and the least important teaching strategies viewed by EFL teachers in private and public schools. To determine if there was any difference between private and public schools’ teachers on how they viewed each strategy in terms of importance, inferential statistics, t-test has been implemented. The study revealed that participants in both educational contexts indicate that “teachers’ proper behavior” is the most significant motivational strategy while “having an encouraging environment” in the EFL classroom was ranked the least important strategy. The findings show that there existed a striking similarity between the two sets of teachers in regard to their perceptions of the importance of motivational strategies. The study suggests that English-as-a-Second-Language book planners should keep textbook materials in harmony with motivational strategies practiced by EFL teachers.

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  • Aisha T. Alharbi, 2020. "Exploring Motivational Strategies Practiced by Saudi High School Female EFL Teachers," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(6), pages 109-109, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:13:y:2020:i:6:p:109
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    1. Fakieh Alrabai, 2017. "Exploring the Unknown: The Autonomy of Saudi EFL Learners," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(5), pages 222-222, May.
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