Study on Motivational Strategies of College English Teaching

Motivation is a vital factor in second / foreign language acquisition. Based on Gardner and Lambert's research on motivation, Dornyei's three-level motivation construct and motivational strategies, and the particular findings on motivational strategies of college English teaching in China, this paper proposes a three-phase motivational strategies system, namely, the preparation phase, the in-class phase, and the throughout-the-course phase. The purpose is to make motivational strategies more organized and systematic so that they can have pragmatic guidance for college English teachers in the particular teaching situation in China.