The Classroom observation
English is compulsory at primary level in Pakistan. The researcher has used mixed method
approach and data have been collected from the observation of a class and form a survey
questionnaire for the teachers regarding their views and comments about motivational
techniques. 50 students have been taken from a public primary school located in Jaranwala.
The level of the class is nursery. English is totally a new language for them as most of them
have Punjabi as their mother tongue. The researcher has taken the class for 37 days. The
researcher has used Skinner’s theory of positive reinforcement to motivate students towards
English language and get the desirable behaviour. Skinner’s theory is more validate in primary
level because students have no clear vision about the English language. They have not any
motivation towards English language.The observed nursery class is not taking interest in the
English language class. The atmosphere of learning is very weak.The surveyed language class
teacher was not using motivational strategies.Although she is very competent yet she does not
motivate the students. She is MSc in Chemistry. There was no discipline in the class. Students
don’t observe discipline in the class and also are disobedient to their teacher. They even don’t
take interesting learning English language. The researcher took the class for 37 days. First of all,
she gained the confidence of the students. She has developed a healthy environment. Then she
used the motivational expressions such as good, well done, excellent, nice, good try etc to
motivate the students towards learning. The results were remarkable. There is a positive change
in the behavior and learning of English language in the students.
Students of the class were continuously treated with attention. They are given a pre-test when
the researcher started to take the class. They even didn’t know the alphabets of English language
properly. The learning of students is very weak.