Motivating University Students in an English Speaking Class

Motivating English language learners, especially lower proficiency level university students, to speak only English in the classroom is a difficult feat. This semester-long project set in a university business English speaking class strove to do just that ― to promote and create an English only environment that allowed the learners to interact comfortably with each other in their second language. First, key issues and considerations in motivation and how they were applied to the course are addressed. Then the students in the study are introduced. After that, the focus shifts to the course developed for the study. Finally, the results of the study are discussed