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Review
. 2021 Sep 13:12:754797.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.754797. eCollection 2021.

Fostering EFL/ESL Students' State Motivation: The Role of Teacher-Student Rapport

Yanzhi Meng  1
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Fostering EFL/ESL Students' State Motivation: The Role of Teacher-Student Rapport

Yanzhi Meng. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

It is maintained that one of the significant determining issues of success is motivation, and enhancing EFL/ESL students' motivation is dominant in cultivating their learning in the classroom. Moreover, teachers are reflected as the most noteworthy figure of any scholastic organization and the positive rapport between students and teachers is significant for learners' state motivation. In line with the investigations of teacher-student rapport, principles from positive psychology (PP), and motivational theories such as self-determination and rhetorical/relational goal theory, the present theoretical review seeks this type of relationship and its effects on learners' motivation. Student-teacher rapport results in progressive practices for learners, as well as superior classroom involvement, and motivation. Subsequently, the helpfulness of findings for teachers, learners, materials developers, and teacher trainers are conferred.

Keywords: EFL/ESL students; rhetorical goal theory; self-determination; students' state motivation; teacher-student rapport.

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The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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