motivate students

/ˈməʊtɪveɪt ˈstjuːdənts/

verb phrase

  1. To encourage or inspire students to learn, participate, work hard, or achieve their goals.

    A2

    transitive; motivate students to do something; motivate students by doing something; motivate students through somethingformal

    • "Good teachers motivate students to learn."A2
    • "The teacher used interactive activities to motivate students."A2
    • "Real-world examples motivate students to apply what they have learned."B1
    • "By setting clear goals, the coach was able to motivate students to improve their performance."B1
    • "Teachers can motivate students by giving them meaningful challenges and useful feedback."B2

Common mistakes

  • demotivate students→motivate students

    Demotivate means to discourage or reduce enthusiasm, which is the opposite of motivating.

Collocations

motivate students to learnmotivate students to succeedmotivate students through feedbackhighly motivated studentsmotivate students to participatemotivate students to achieve

Word family

motivatemotivationmotivatedmotivationalmotivator