Motivating EFL Learners Through the Competency Based Approach to Enhance Learning

Abstract

This research concerns the study of motivation problems among EFL learners and teachers at the level of middle school Ibn Khaldoun Aougrout Timimoun region. It attempts to investigate this issue through discussing factors that impede learners progress toward successful learning. Another view that this research focuses on is teachers’ use of Competency Based Approach (CBA) as a factor for enhancing their learner interaction. Thus, this research is a combination of studying motivational aspects and the implementation of the CBA as a motivational factor. In this research it is believed that the descriptive method is the most appropriated to get proper conclusions about the research issue. This is made through the distribution of questionnaires for teachers and learners seeking to find appropriate solution to learners’ lack of classroom interaction. After analyses are made, the research results declare that most of EFL learners encounter problem about motivation. Thus, the research attempts at the end to provide some recommendations and suggestions to solve the research problems.

This research concerns the study of motivation problems among EFL learners and teachers at the level of middle school Ibn Khaldoun Aougrout Timimoun region. It attempts to investigate this issue through discussing factors that impede learners progress toward successful learning. Another view that this research focuses on is teachers’ use of Competency Based Approach (CBA) as a factor for enhancing their learner interaction. Thus, this research is a combination of studying motivational aspects and the implementation of the CBA as a motivational factor. In this research it is believed that the descriptive method is the most appropriated to get proper conclusions about the research issue. This is made through the distribution of questionnaires for teachers and learners seeking to find appropriate solution to learners’ lack of classroom interaction. After analyses are made, the research results declare that most of EFL learners encounter problem about motivation. Thus, the research attempts at the end to provide some recommendations and suggestions to solve the research problems.