ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

The phenomenal vicissitudes that have been taking place in the field of education in the twenty-first century drastically changed the concept of teaching and learning. Today, the modern classrooms are well-equipped with the latest technology and teachers are utilising them in order to satisfy the learners in understanding the concept. Even then, a majority of the learners are not concentrating on the teaching content as there is no proper motivation. As a result, the learners lose their interest towards the subject taught. The same phenomenon is reflecting on the teaching and learning of English. The learners are struggling to concentrate on learning the English language since they are not motivated towards the learning content properly. Consequently, the learners of English as a second or foreign language lose their concentration and do not pay more attention towards the content that is being taught. Therefore, the teachers of English should teach the ESL/EFL learners using the cutting-edge techniques, approaches, methods and strategies that highly motivate their learners and create more interest on the topic they are learning. This paper brings a light to the prominence of motivation in learning a second or foreign language and also confers the innovations in making the learning a productive and successful one.