Teachers' and students' perceptions related to the motivating effect of teaching-learning situations in EFL class

In today's conditions, knowing a foreign language has become a necessity. In order to communicate with the outside world and to have knowledge and ideas in many fields, the importance of knowing foreign languages is increasing day by day. In many parts of the world, individuals expend material power, time and energy to learn a foreign language. The convergence with the development of technology takes place simultaneously. Demand on learning a foreign language is increasing hence most of the people desire to live abroad or build a career. Moreover, increasing growth of international relations and cooperation is another factor that effect people's desire to learn a foreign language. In the socialization stage of individuals, educational institutions have a great importance. A certain disciplines and a healthy process are required for the acquisition of language. The concept of student motivation, especially, has been one of the subject that teachers give importance in foreign language learning. The aim of this study is to reveal the teaching –learning factors affecting the motivation of student in foreign language learning and the perspectives of teachers on student motivation will be emphasized and compared to find out if there are differences. To reach the results of this study 20 item-questionnaire including open-ended questions was administered to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and English teachers at TED Adana Middle School. The questionnaire was applied to 212 students and 10 teachers. The results were subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis.