Working with learners' Motivation and success: Tracing the sources of low motivation and a learner-centered approach

It is said that the essence of success derives from motivation. The same is true in EFL pedagogy too. Over the years, researchers have found that success has a significant correlation with motivational intensity. To further this point, if we explore the prevailing EFL pedagogy in Bangladesh and elsewhere it becomes clear that learner motivation has a significant role to play in making the EFL programme successful. The current paper explores some of the sources of low motivation amongst the FFL learners in our academic context through an empirical study. The paper also attempts to make some recommendations so as to highlight the motivation-generating and learner-centered pedagogy in the EFL classes in Bangladesh.