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<journal-id>2739-0063</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista InveCom]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista InveCom]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2739-0063</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Investigadores Venezolanos de la Comunicación]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2739-00632025000102006</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5281/zenodo.10892449</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Studies on motivation and EFL teaching and learning in Ecuador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estudios sobre motivación y enseñanza-aprendizaje de inglés en Ecuador]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[T. Soto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandy]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Espinosa Cevallos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ligia Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas Encalada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Asunción]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Machala  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Machala ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tena ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Blue Hill College  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Guayaquil]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2739-00632025000102006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2739-00632025000102006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2739-00632025000102006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The purpose of this work is to document the investigations on motivation and EFL teaching and learning in elementary school, secondary school, and university settings in Ecuador that have been published since 2010 until November 2023. The literature review technique was used to answer the three research questions formulated for this study. The questions inquired into what has been investigated, the main findings, and the research gaps of the literature concerning motivation and EFL teaching and learning in Ecuador. 19 research articles and 1 book chapter composed the unit of analysis. Overall findings reveal that studies have focused on investigating the factors that impact students&#8217; motivation to learn EFL as well as the strategies, techniques and methods that motivate students to learn this language. Motivation on EFL teaching and learning in Ecuador has been highly explored in higher education. Yet, there is little literature on the topic in relation to primary and secondary school. Research gaps indicate the need for longitudinal studies as well as studies that focus on: motivation and cultural factors, the implementation of appropriate strategies to make the integration of supplemental resources more motivating for students, training of teachers on motivation-based teaching practices, motivation and higher-order thinking, reading and motivation, learning content adjustment to motivate learners, and motivation and language learning in virtual settings.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El propósito de este trabajo es documentar las investigaciones sobre motivación y enseñanza-aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera en entornos de educación primaria, secundaria y universitaria en Ecuador, publicadas desde 2010 hasta noviembre de 2023. Se utilizó la técnica de revisión de literatura para dar respuesta a las preguntas de investigación. Las preguntas indagaron sobre lo que se ha investigado, los principales hallazgos y los vacíos en la literatura sobre el tema. La unidad de análisis estuvo compuesta por 19 artículos de investigación y 1 capítulo de libro. Los hallazgos generales revelan que los estudios se han centrado en investigar los factores que impactan la motivación de los estudiantes para aprender inglés como lengua extranjera, así como las estrategias, técnicas y métodos que motivan a los estudiantes a aprender este idioma. La motivación en la enseñanza-aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera en Ecuador ha sido ampliamente explorada en la educación superior. Sin embargo, hay poca literatura sobre el tema para los niveles de primaria y secundaria. Las lagunas en la investigación indican la necesidad de estudios longitudinales, así como estudios que se centren en: motivación y factores culturales, la implementación de estrategias apropiadas para hacer que la integración de recursos suplementarios sea más motivadora para los estudiantes, la capacitación de los docentes en prácticas de enseñanza basadas en la motivación, motivación y pensamiento de orden superior, lectura y motivación, adaptación del contenido de aprendizaje para motivar a los alumnos y motivación y aprendizaje de idiomas en entornos virtuales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Motivation]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enseñanza de inglés]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aprendizaje de inglés]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
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