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Motivational teaching and learning techniques of EAP (English for Academic Purposes)
at tertiary level students: Exploring the situation of Private Universities --
Masters Dissertation Submitted to North South University, Bangladesh

Mahmuda Alam

Abstract

The topic of concern of the research is the motivational teaching and learning techniques for EAP courses in the private universities students of Bangladesh and its effects in their further academic studies to study English based curriculum. Motivation is a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive communicate sacred revelation. In the question of using motivational teaching and learning techniques teachers use various techniques such as lecturing, board work, question and answer, friendly environment, library facility, arranging study tours, punctuality of a teacher, group discussion, independent work, pair-work, reading comprehension, writing, speaking, listening to students, presentations, instructions, queries, feedback, providing students with an advanced organizer that places lesson content in perspective, checking for task relevant prior learning (at start of lesson and re-teaches if necessary), giving directives slowly and distinctly checks for understanding along the way, knowing students ability level and proceeds at or slightly above their current level of functioning, using examples, illustrations or demo`s to explain and clarify content in text & workbook, providing review or summary, creating an English environment, two way communication, using of multimedia, using of mnemonic, working with contemporary social networks, avoiding biasness etc. However, private universities offering credit and non-credit English courses as part of their program which is known as EAP courses. These English courses were designed by their own faculty with or without collaboration from senior practitioners of ELT. After many years of offering these courses, many teachers and students have started questioning their necessity, or otherwise. This study conducted a survey among six teachers and thirty students from three major private universities in Dhaka. However, the survey and the analysis showed the current motivational teaching and learning techniques in practice for EAP in the private universities of Bangladesh. Through the survey I got the most effective and the most used techniques and made a comparison between them. If the teachers use the selected most effective techniques and aware of the most used techniques for EAP courses, the EAP course will effective for the less competent students to turn them into efficient academicians who will capable of studying English based curriculum. Therefore, it was hope that the data gathered in this study would depict a clearer picture of what actually explore the contemporary situation of the students of private universities and evaluate as the techniques are effective or not for the tertiary level students.

Keywords: Tertiary level students, Bangladesh, Motivational teaching, learning techniques of EAP (English for Academic Purposes)

1. Introduction

The dissertation consists of the following chapters:

Chapter one: Introduction

Chapter two: Literature Review

Chapter three: Research Methodology

Chapter Four: Data Presentation and Analysis

Chapter Five: Discussion, and recommendations

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Appendices: A. Teachers` questionnaire
B. Students` questionnaire before EAP courses
C. Students` questionnaire after EAP courses

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Mahmuda Alam
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