Innovative Tips and Astuces to Acquire English as a Foreign Language in Parakou Secondary Schools

In the teaching-learning processes, motivation is one of the main factors that can determine the learners’ objective. Hence, the objectives of this study are to show English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and learners of Albarika secondary school (Parakou) the necessity to understand the components of motivation and to examine widely how teachers can influence students’ skills through motivating astuces and tips. To reach that goal, the field study was conducted in secondary school of Albarika, relying on class observation, interviews and questionnaire sheets that were distributed to 45 learners and 06 teachers. The results of the data analyses firstly revealed that all the EFL teachers are aware of the great importance of motivation and secondly; most of them usevarious tips and astuces such as re-phrasal songs, dialogues, storytelling to motivate their learners for effectiveness. Some suggestions and recommendations are formulated for improvement of such mechanism in language classes.

Keywords: Innovation – astuces - tips – English as a Foreign Language – Learning.