Motivational strategies in foreign language learning: students' vs. teachers' perspectives

Abstract

Due to the importance given to motivation in foreign language learning processes, this study aimed to analyze and compare the perceptions that students and teachers have regarding the impact of motivational strategies on the learners’ desire to study a target language, as well as the effect that those strategies have on their academic performance at university level. The necessity to offer students motivational strategies in order to foster a more effective learning was visible.