Ten commandments for motivating learners:

 1 Set a personal example with your own behavior.

 2 Create a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere in the classroom.

 3 Present the tasks properly.

 4 Develop a good relationship with the learners.

 5 Increase the learner’s linguistic self-confidence.

 6 Make the classes interesting.

 7 Promote learner autonomy.

 8 Personalize the learning process.

 9 Increase the learners’ goal-orientedness.

 10 Familiarize learners with the target language culture.


Adapted from Zoltán Dörnyei