Designing Motivational Flipped Learning Environments
(A Conceptual Framework for Enhancing EFL Reading Comprehension among Secondary School Students)
الملخص
This study develops a conceptual framework and practical design considerations for motivational flipped learning environments aimed at supporting EFL reading comprehension among secondary school students. Although flipped learning has gained increasing attention in language education, its effectiveness depends not only on shifting content delivery outside the classroom, but also on the quality of instructional and motivational design embedded across the learning process. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical conceptual approach based on structured literature synthesis. Relevant literature on flipped learning, EFL reading comprehension, motivational instructional design, student engagement, and digital learning environments was analyzed to identify key design principles. The proposed framework integrates three motivational perspectives: the ARCS motivational design model, Self-Determination Theory, and Expectancy-Value Theory. These perspectives are used to explain how motivational principles can be embedded across the pre-class, in-class, and post-class phases of flipped learning. The framework positions student engagement as a central process linking motivational flipped learning design with reading comprehension development. Based on the synthesis, the study proposes four domains of practical design considerations: digital content design, motivational instructional strategies, interactive classroom activities, and assessment and feedback practices.
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