EFL Teachers’ Strategies in Motivating Low-Achieving Learners in Online Class

Zulkhoir Siregar (English Language Teaching Universitas Negeri Malang Semarang St, Number 5, East Java, Indonesia)
Johannes Ananto Prayogo (English Language Teaching Universitas Negeri Malang Semarang St, Number 5, East Java, Indonesia)
Utari Praba Astuti (English Language Teaching Universitas Negeri Malang Semarang St, Number 5, East Java, Indonesia)

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
Vol 8, No 6: JUNE 2023

This study attempts to investigate EFL teachers’ strategies in motivating low-achieving learners in online classes from the perspective of twenty-five English teachers and thirty low-achieving learners. The data were collected through a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The result of the study revealed that there were some foremost motivational teaching strategies applied by EFL teachers to deal with low-achieving learners during online classes; monitoring students’ activities, showing the importance of English, clarifying difficult topics, caring about students’ learning progress, and explaining topics clearly and specifically.