MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM APPLIED BY TWO ENGLISH LECTURERS OF IAIN PALANGKA RAYA

Rabiatul Adawiyah, Natalina Asi, Maria Arina Luardini

Abstract

Abstract
This research was aimed to identify the implementation of the motivational
strategies in the classroom performed by two English lecturers of IAIN Palangka Raya and
to describe the learners? motivated behaviors in the classroom as the response to the
motivational strategies based on Dornyei (2001). This research was a case study in
descriptive qualitative research design. The subjects of the research were two English
lecturers of IAIN Palangka Raya and their learners. The researcher as the main instrument
of the research used observation, interview, and documentation to collect the data. The
research findings showed some points as follows: First, two English lecturers of IAIN
Palangka Raya applied four aspects of motivational strategies. They were creating the
basic motivational conditions, generating initial motivation, maintaining and protecting
motivation, and then encouraging positive retrospective self-evaluation. The lecturers
applied the same motivational strategies in various ways. They applied 29 strategies of 35
motivational strategies by Dornyei (2001). Second, the learners? motivated behaviors at
each lecturer?s classroom were different in the aspect of participation. At lecturer A class,
the learners? motivated behaviors appeared in the learning process were that they had high
attention, high participation, and eager volunteering to lecturer-fronted activity. While at
lecturer B class, the learners had high attention, low participation, and eager volunteering
to lecturer-fronted activity.
Keywords: Motivation, Motivational Strategies, Motivated Behavior