An Investigation Of Motivational Strategies Used By English Teachers In Teaching EFL In Secondary Islamic Schools In Tangerang

fidaniar triarsiwi, m.pd;

DINI AMANIAH. NIM: 1501055033. An Investigation of Motivational Strategies
Used by English Teachers in Teaching EFL in Secondary Islamic Schools in Tangerang. A Paper, Jakarta, English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogy, University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, Jakarta, 2019.
The study aim was to investigate the motivational strategies used by English teachers in teaching EFL in secondary Islamic schools in Tangerang and analysed it based on four motivational aspects as proposed by Zoltan Dornyei (2001). The focus question of the study was the way of motivational strategies was used by English teachers in teaching EFL in secondary Islamic schools in Tangerang. The sub-focus questions of the study were the frequency of motivational strategies used by English teachers in teaching EFL in secondary Islamic schools in Tangerang and the implementation of motivational strategies that the English teachers used in teaching EFL in secondary Islamic schools in Tangerang. To answered the questions, the study employed a qualitative approach that applied a case study design through questionnaire, semi-structured interview and observation to collect the data. The participants of this study were twenty-five English teachers. Six English teachers were selected for individual interviews and classroom observations based on the resulted of the questionnaire which had been filled in by twenty-five English teachers. Those six interviewees were selected according to their resulted in the questionnaire. Two presented from good category, other two interviewees were selected as the moderate, while the other two were from poor category.
The findings of the study indicated that the English teachers in secondary
Islamic school in Tangerang were good in implementing the motivational strategies
in their learning and teaching process. The current study also has benefit. The
benefit of the study is to help English teachers understand the motivational
strategies in teaching EFL condition effectively, to get closer to the students and
make the students excited in learning English, active in the class, and teachers know what they should do and not, to face success in learning and teaching.