Motivation and Videoconferencing Strategies for Learning and Teaching English: A Qualitative Study

Introduction. Learning a foreign language is an interactive process. Video conferencing strategies relate to motivation in learning practice, so to research on pedagogical methods handover features to upturn the teaching-learning processes. Objective. To explore aspects related to motivation around using video conferences in English learning as a strategy. Methodology. Focus group and individual semi-structured interviews. The volunteers in the study were a group of six online tutors and six online students of degree-level education who speak Spanish as a mother language. The analysis was performed using NVivo 12 software to obtain semantic categorizations. Results. Strategies used in video conferences are diverse, and motivation can be related to external factors.