An Investigation into the Effect of Teachers’ Feedback on EFL Learners’ Learning Motivation

Abstract

The present study is an investigation into the effect of EFL teachers’ feedback on 3rd-year EFL learners’ learning motivation, in the English department at Mouhamed Kheidher Biskri University. Thus, we suggested that students’ academic achievement is highly influenced by their learning motivation and the teachers’ feedback has a crucial impact on the development of language learning. Therefore, following a qualitative research approach, a case study design was adopted with a purposively chosen sample, the data were collected by means of three tools of inquiry, namely the classroom observation with two groups and the semi-structured focus group discussion with 11 EFL 3 rd year students, also a teachers’ interview that was administrated with 4 EFL teachers. Based on the gained results from the three data-gathering tools, the findings showed that both teachers and students agreed upon the fundamental role of motivation in improving their academic achievement and performance. They also showed the importance of teachers’ feedback in influencing EFL 3rd year students’ learning motivation. Therefore, the results confirmed the validity of our tentative answers. Finally, some recommendations were suggested depending on the results of the study at the end of this research