These studies provide us with evidence of what motivational strategies teachers can
use when motivating learners from the teachers’ point of view. However, if we desire to
motivate learners more effectively, there is an area that should be explored, which is to
know learners’ sentiment toward motivational strategies used by teachers in class. As has
been noted, several studies suggested that students’ personal orientations and beliefs
influence their motivation and performance (e.g., Elliot, 1999; Tobias, 1994; Reeve &
Jang, 2006). This present study is relevant due to a lack of information regarding
motivational strategies from the learners’ perspective, and it will aim at filling in this gap
in order to enable teachers to obtain a better comprehension of which motivational
strategies are more effective from the learners’ perspective.