Most of us, as language teachers, often leave the classroom saying ‘Today, I taught the simple present tense OR the countable and the uncountable nouns, OR the past tense with irregular verbs.’ Yes, we do, don’t we? Then we sometimes say ‘I spent the whole week teaching the simple present tense, and they still forget [...]

The word motivation usually goes with these two words: intrinsic or extrinsic, especially in the world of teaching. According to Carl Rogers’ humanistic theory, one may be said to have intrinsic motivation when their motivation comes from within without thinking about any kind of external reward. How many of us have intrinsic motivation at all [...]