Reward as a motivational strategy in ELT

Abstract

The thesis deals with different sources of motivation and types of rewards. The theoretical part describes motivation in the historical context of diverse theories of motivation. Furthermore, the thesis presents sources of motivation along with specifics of motivation in the English language classroom. A particular attention is devoted to rewards as on of many motivational strategies. The empirical part aims to disclose what rewards teachers use and with what effect. The qualitative research compares and evaluates data collected from teachers, pupils and observations. The investigation combines two research instruments - questionnaire and observation. The obtained results are compared and evaluated with the theoretical part in the final conclusion.