ABSTRACT

For education to survive in Nigeria there is need to reward and motivate teachers because an unmotivated teacher is incapable of motivating students to learn. To this end therefore, this paper focuses on rewarding and motivating Nigerian Languages Teachers for greater effectiveness in the classroom. Highlighting the negative consequences of poor motivation of teachers in the classroom, The paper further presents a perspective on the level of motivation in the teaching profession in the past and at the present. It also reviews the concepts of reward and motivation pointing out the need to ensure adequate reward for Nigerian languages teachers as a strategy for the effective teaching of Nigerian languages in schools. Finally, the paper proffered some recommendations.

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